Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Mon Aug 27, 2012

All day Exhibit: Walking in Quicksand: An Exhibition by Zalmai Mon Aug 27, 2012 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 Where: Art Gallery, First Floor, John Hope Franklin Center Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Zalmai received initial support for Walking in Quicksand from theMagnum Foundation's Emergency Fund in 2011. As the first entry pointinto Europe from the Middle East, Greece receives among the largestnumber of Afghani migrants and asylum seekers in all of Europe. Zalmaitraveled to Greece to expose the deteriorating condition of Afghan migrants trapped in Greece's dysfunctional asylum system. The projectwill be exhibited at Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center forInterdisciplinary and International Studies from August 27th toSeptember 28th as part of the Magnum Foundation and Duke UniversityCenter for International Studies (DUCIS) residency program.

Tue Aug 28, 2012

Tue Sep 4, 2012

5pm - 6pm Lecture: Dr. Klaus Larres: "Nixon and Obama - Can We Learn from theCrisis Years of the 1970s?" Where: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: 5:30-6:45pm (Reception at 5:00pm) Dr. Klaus Larres is the Richard M.Krasno Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs atthe University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Dr. Larres specializesin comparative politics, and is an internationally acknowledged experton the history and politics of international relations in the Cold Warand post- Cold War Worlds. For more information and registration(required), please see here, or contact [email protected]. Sponsored by theTriangle Institute for Security Studies and the UNC Curriculum inPeace, War and Defense.

Thu Sep 6, 2012

10:30am - 1:30pm Event: Global Information Fair Where: The Pit, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Please stop by to talk with us and find out about upcoming activitiesand scholarships available for students. All the UNC Area StudiesCenters will have information, as well as food and drinks from theirworld areas available. Free. Please Contact: Shai Tamari at[email protected] for more information.

10:30am - 1:30pm UNC Global Information Fair (rescheduled) Where: FedEx Global Education Center Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: UNC provides countless opportunities to explore other cultures and tobecome more globally aware! Learn more about the centers that make thispossible during the UNC Global Information Fair in the FedEx GlobalEducation Center on Thursday, September 6 from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM.Talk with center representatives and enjoy delicious treats from aroundthe world! Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

12:30pm - 2pm Event: CSEEES Lunch and Learn Where: FedEx GEC #3009 on the first Thursday of every month Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us for a monthly series of informal luncheon talks highlightingthe current research of UNC CSEEES- affiliated faculty. Our firstluncheon will be on September 6, 2012 with speaker Dr. Erica Johnson(Global Studies). She will discuss her research on foreign donorinfluence and health system restructuring in Central Asia.” CSEEESLunch and Learn will take place in FedEx GEC #3009 on the firstThursday of every month. Boxed lunches from Panera will be provided to registrants. Please send your lunch requests to Violet Anderson([email protected]) by Monday, September 3, using the menu that islisted below. We look forward to seeing you there. “Foreign DonorInfluence in Health System Restructuring in Central Asia” Dr. EricaJohnson, Global Studies Abstract Under what conditions do authoritarianregimes comply with foreign aid conditionality? The role ofinternational organizations in health sector reform and health servicedelivery grew fourfold over the last 20 years, but these donors have noagreed upon set of health systems goals and often promote competingreform programs.Indeed, even within one donor organization (e.g., WHO,World Bank, etc.) multiple members have varied perspectives on whathealth systems should accomplish. When the Soviet Union collapsed in1991, the governments of the post-Soviet Central Asian states inheritedidentical and seriously flawed health care systems supported with lowlevels of state health care spending. After independence, theseauthoritarian governments adopted significantly different strategiesfor health care spending and content of reform policies, but they haveall welcomed the participation of international donors in thesedecisions. My research explores the tensions that arise betweendomestic actors and international donors to examine why and whenpost-Soviet Central Asian authoritarian regimes adopted the healthsystem reforms that international donors promoted. I find that, even instruggling economies, the goals of international donors potentiallyclash with national-level authority, as domestic politicians mustrespond to the population’s demands for the maintenance of healthsystems as legacy of the Soviet social contract and as a way todemonstrate regime legitimacy. Despite their heavy involvement inhealth system reforms throughout Central Asia, international donorshave been slow to recognize that inefficiencies in the health caresystem are an aspect of political legitimacy and regime survival. Thepaper demonstrates the important role that coordination among state,society, and international donors plays in restructuring and distributing health information and services in resource constrainedenvironments.

Sun Sep 9, 2012

All day Conference: “The Bible in the Public Square” Sun Sep 9, 2012 - Tue Sep 11, 2012 Where: See description below Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Duke University is proud to be hosting a conference entitled “The Biblein the Public Square,” September 9-10, a special 2-day conference withexperts speaking to the role of the Bible in everything from PublicSchools and American Politics, to the Middle East and popular culture.We hope you will consider attending this free conference which willaddress several key issues from top scholars in the field, including: “Battling over the Bible in Public Schools,” Charles Haynes, First Amendment Center “Right Dividing the First Amendment? An Evaluationof Recent Decisions regarding the Bible and Public Schools,” MelissaRogers, Wake Forest Center for Religion & Public Affairs "The Biblein the Presidential Elections of 2012, 2008, 2004 and the Collapse ofAmerican Secularism," Jacques Berlinerblau, Georgetown University Forthe complete conference schedule, online registration, and parkinginformation for this FREE conference, please visit here or contact Serena Elliot at [email protected].

Mon Sep 10, 2012

Tue Sep 11, 2012

10:30am - 3:30pm Global Education Fair Where: Bryan Center Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: For Students: Information about study abroad and global opportunitiesat Duke. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

4:30pm - 6:30pm Reception: FLAS Fellows (By invitation only) Where: Old Trinity Room, West Union Building (By invitation only) Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: This reception honors recipients of FLAS (Foreign Language and AreaStudies) Fellowships. These fellowships, funded through US Departmentof Education Title VI funds, support graduate study of less commonlytaught languages and area studies. In summers, a small number ofundergraduates also receive FLAS awards for language study. We thankthe Office of Global Strategies and Programs for their support of thisreception.

Wed Sep 12, 2012

12pm - 1:30pm Lunch: With Ikal Angelei, Winner of 2012 Goldman Prize forEnvironmental Activism Where: Smith Warehouse, Bay 5 (BorderWork(s) Lab) Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: 12 September 2012 12:00-1:30pm Smith Warehouse, Bay 5, Border Work(s)Lab Duke University Please join the Duke Human Rights center for alunchtime conversation with Ikal Angelei, 2012 recipient of the GoldmanPrize for Environmental Activism. Angelei founded Friends of LakeTurkana (FoLT) in response to the proposed construction of the Gibe IIIDam, a project that could threaten food security and local economies ofa half million people in Ethiopia and Kenya. As a result of theorganization’s work, major dam financers such as the World Bankwithdrew funding and the Kenyan Parliament demanded independentenvironmental assessment of the dam’s impact. Space is limited, soplease RSVP to Erin Parish at [email protected]. Sponsored by theBorderWork(s) Humanities Lab and the Duke Human Rights Center@FHI. Withsupport from the Duke University Middle East Studies Center.

7pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: The Runner (Iran) and Discussion with NavidNaderi, Duke Program in Literature Where: Griffith Theater in the Bryan Center Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Tropes of Home: Films from the Middle East (a 5-film series) 12September 2012 7:00-8:00pm Griffith Theater, Duke University TheRunner, directed by Amir Naderi, is the first film in the “Tropes ofHome: Films of the Middle East” series. It is free and open to thepublic. For more information, please visit here or contact KellySchwehm at kelly. [email protected]. This film series is co-sponsored bythe Duke Islamic Studies Center and the Duke-UNC Consortium of MiddleEast Studies.

7pm - 8pm Film: Cedars in the Pines Where: Varsity Theater Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Films in the Middle East Film Series as part of the Ackland Film Forum12 September 2012 7:00pm Varsity Theater, Franklin Street, Chapel HillThis event is free and open to the public. Cedars in the Pines is adocumentary by Akram Khater and Danica Cullinan about the 120-yearhistory of Lebanese immigrants in North Carolina. Interviews withfirst, second, and third generation Lebanese Americans conveyindividual and family experiences of departure, struggle, opportunity,and community and, at the same time, raise broadly relevant questionsabout the immigrant experience in terms of maintaining culture and therelationship between identity and place. Introduction andpost-screening discussion by Prof. Sahar Amer, UNC-Chapel Hill, and thefilm’s executive producer, Dr. Akram Khater, director of the Khayrallah Program for Lebanese-American Studies at NC State. Part of the MiddleEast Film Series, Ackland Film Forum. For more information, contactProf. Sahar Amer at [email protected]. Sponsors: North CarolinaPublic Radio WUNC is the Official Media Sponsor of the Ackland FilmForum. Middle East Film Series sponsored by Art/Islam, Carolina Centerfor the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, and Duke-UNCConsortium for Middle East Studies. Full information here:http: //www.ackland.org/Visit/AdultPrograms/AcklandFilmForum/index.htm

Fri Sep 14, 2012

10am - 3pm UNC Study Abroad Fair Where: Great Hall, Student Union Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Study Abroad Fair has representatives from all over the world,study abroad advisors, and past study abroad students to answer yourquestions about studying almost anywhere in the world. Come and seewhat opportunities await you! This year, in addition to the festivitiesin the Great Hall, the Study Abroad Office will be conducting four information sessions during the fair. For more information, see here. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Mon Sep 17, 2012

5:30pm - 7pm Reception: Artist of Walking in Quicksand: An Exhibition by Zalmai Where: Franklin Center Gallery Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Ten years after the fall of the Taliban and the intervention of theinternational community in Afghanistan, Afghans continue to be the mostexiled people in the world. In 2010, three out of ten refugees in theworld were originating from Afghanistan. Disillusioned and dispiritedfrom a peace that never comes, Afghans are on exile's road again. Thisphoto exhibit documents the plight of Afghan refugees in Greece.

Tue Sep 18, 2012

12pm - 1pm Event: Globalization and the Artist of Walking in Quicksand - AfghaniRefugees in Greece Where: John Hope Franklin Center Room 240, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: (Please RSVP to [email protected] to request a lunch)

7pm - 8pm Discussion: Artist Discussion: Walking in Quicksand - Afghani Refugeesin Greece Where: Center for Documentary Studies Auditorium, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: A new exhibit, co-sponsored by the Duke University Center forInternational Studies and theMagnum Foundation Emergency Fund, now ondisplay at Duke University’s John Hope Franklin Center forInterdisciplinary and International Studies focuses on the work ofdocumentary photographer and photojournalist, Zalmaï in documenting the Afghan diaspora. Twelve years after the fall of the Taliban andinternational community’s intervention in Afghanistan, Afghans continueto be the most exiled people in the world. As the first entry pointinto Europe, Greece receives the largest numbers of migrants andasylum-seekers from African, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Zalmaïwas born in Kabul Afghanistan and left the country after the Sovietinvasion in 1980 and immigrated to Switzerland, eventually becoming a Swiss citizen. He returned to Afghanistan after twenty-three years inexile to rediscover his homeland at a crucial moment of transition. Formore information, visit:ducis.jhfc.duke.edu/zalmai. If you have anyquestions, please email dan. [email protected].

Wed Sep 19, 2012

7pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: Avetik (Armenia) and Discussion with Navid Naderi,Duke Program in Literature Where: Griffith Theater in the Bryan Center Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Tropes of Home: Films from the Middle East (a 5-film series) 19September 2012 7:00-8:30pm Griffith Theater, Duke University Avetik,directed by Don Askarian, is the second film in the “Tropes of Home:Films of the Middle East” series. It is free and open to the public.For more information, please visit here or contact Kelly Schwehm atkelly. [email protected]. This film series is co-sponsored by the DukeIslamic Studies Center and the Duke-UNC Consortium of Middle EastStudies. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Thu Sep 20, 2012

4:30pm - 5:30pm Seminar: Triangle Medieval Studies Seminar (TMSS) Where: National Humanities Center, Main Conference Room Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Professor Asa Eger (Assistant Professor of History, UNC-Greensboro)will present work from his forthcoming book The Islamic-ByzantineFrontier: Interaction and Exchange between Christian and MuslimCommunities in the Early Islamic Period (London: IB Tauris). Egerreturns this year from 2011-2012 research leave as Fellow in ByzantineStudies at Dumbarton Oaks and Visiting Research Fellow, Program inHellenic Studies, Princeton. Copies of the paper are available by contacting Sandi Payne Greene at [email protected]. (Please remember:papers should not be circulated beyond the seminar participants orcited without the express permission of the author) We look forward toseeing you there! Sincerely, The Seminar Conveners Glaire Anderson(UNC–Chapel Hill), Mona Hassan (Duke), Jehangir Malegam (Duke), JulieMell (NC State), Timothy Stinson (NC State), Brett Whalen (UNC–ChapelHill) Triangle Medieval Studies Seminar (TMSS) offers a humanities-based, interdisciplinary forum for the study of history, arthistory, religious studies, literature, music, women’ s studies and moreca. 500–1500, focusing on Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic world alongwith other regions. The seminar invites local and visiting scholars topresent their written work as the basis for a rigorous discussion ofcurrent trends, topics, and problems in the field of medieval studies.To add your name to the TMSS listserv, please contact: Sandi PayneGreene [email protected]. Directions to the NHC:http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/routenhc.htm Participants are askedto remember that the National Humanities Center is a non-smokingbuilding and that NHC Fellows will be working in the building duringthe seminar

5pm - 7pm Event: Peter Beinart, Book signing and Lecture at Duke Where: Duke Divinity School, Westbrook 0014 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: http://sites.duke.edu/agsp/2012/06/27/peter-beinart-the-crisis-of-zionism/AGS, with support from the Duke Center for Jewish Studies, the TriangleInstitute for Security Studies, and the Triangle Center on Terrorismand Homeland Security, will host author and journalist Peter Beinartfor a book signing and lecture on September 20, 2012. Lecture: 5:00 pm(Duke Divinity School, Westbrook 0014)* Book Signing & Reception: 6:15– 7:00 pm (Outside of Westbrook 0014) * Time and location subject tochange Parking available for $5 in the metered lot in front of theBryan Center Parking Garage. Biography: Peter Beinart is the author ofThe Crisis of Zionism(Times Books, 2012) and editor of the DailyBeastblog, Open Zion, which fosters an open conversation about Israel,Palestine and Jewish issues. He is also Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science at The City University of New York,Senior Political Writer for The Daily Beast-Newsweek, and a SchwartzSenior Fellow at the New America Foundation. Open and free for thepublic. For more information (including parking) see here, or contactJenny Boyle at [email protected] or at (919) 613-9301. Sponsoredby Duke’s American Grand Strategy program, with support from the DukeCenter for Jewish Studies, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies,the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, J StreetTriangle, and J Street U.

Sun Sep 23, 2012

6pm - 8pm Event: Arabiyat: A Celebration of Middle Eastern Culture Where: Smith Warehouse, 114 S. Buchanan Blvd., Bay 4 South, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at DukeUniversity for this exciting opportunity to immerse yourself in MiddleEastern art, dance and music and to celebrate the launch of the“dardasha” project—a Duke community service initiative allowingadvanced Arabic students to teach and learn from Iraqi refugee familiesin Durham. Highlights: · Live oud and dumbek music · Dabke and bellydancing by the Triangle Lebanese Association · Middle Eastern dinnerFor more information, please visit the AMES Facebook page or thedepartment website. Sponsored by the Duke Department of Asian andMiddle Eastern Studies, the Duke Service Learning Program, and the DukeArab Student Organization.

Mon Sep 24, 2012

5pm - 7pm Discussion: Energy and Security - The Threat of the Peaceful Atom:Through the Lens of Iran - NCSU Where: North Carolina State University campus in Park Shops 210 Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: 24 September 2012 5:00-7:00 p.m. Park Shops 210 N.C. State University APanel Discussion featuring: James M. Acton, Senior Associate, NuclearPolicy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Trita Parsi,President of the National American Council Todd Sechser, AssistantProfessor of Politics, University of Virginia The current crisis inIran presents us with a lens through which to explore some of thecontroversies surrounding the development of commercial nuclear power.A signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran is suspectedby many as using its civilian program as a cover for a developingweapons capability. Is it indeed so doing? If it is so doing, what doesthis tell us about the adequacy of legal and technical safeguardscurrently in place and/or the challenges of nuclear intelligence? Whatwill the consequences be if it does indeed develop nuclear weapons? Andfinally, what lessons can we draw from the case of Iran, if any?Register online at www.tiss-nc.org. Sponsored by the Triangle Institutefor Security Studies. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

7pm - 8pm Lecture: Reverend Dr. Mitri Raheb: “Bethlehem Today: Is There StillRoom for Hope?” Where: Good Shepard Lutheran Church, 7000 Creedmoor Road, Raleigh, NC 27613 Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: 24 September 2012 7:00pm Good Shepard Lutheran Church 7000 CreedmoorRoad, Raleigh, NC 27613 Amidst the occupation and subsequent loss ofPalestinian freedom, land, homes and economic opportunity, Lutheranpastor and prominent Palestinian Christian, Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb bringsa message of hope from Bethlehem. Today, Bethlehem is surrounded bywalls, cutting the city off from Jerusalem, its economic and culturalcenter. The 2000 year-old Christian population is rapidly disappearingas a consequence. Rev. Raheb is leading efforts to reverse this trendand to strengthen the entire Palestinian community of Christians andMuslims through culture, health and education. In Raheb's words "...the Holy Land does not need walls, but bridges." His exemplary ecumenicalChristian work and his interfaith relations with both Muslims and Jewshave led to worldwide media attention and to prestigious awards such asthe 2011 international "Deutscher Medienpreis." Raheb is the presidentof Bright Stars of Bethlehem, a U.S. nonprofit dedicated to buildingsupport for arts, leadership and education for the people of Bethlehemand beyond. Come learn how we, too, can create room for hope empoweringthose living under military occupation. There will be an opportunity tohelp sustain these programs through tax-deductible donations. To learnmore about Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb and his work, please click here. Formore information, please email: [email protected].

8pm - 9pm Event: J Street UNC Meeting Where: Dey Hall Room 204 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: J Street UNC is a campus chapter of J Street U - a national studentmovement advocating for strong US diplomatic leadership for a two-statesolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. J Street UNC will be amajor host of the national J Street U Two-State Semester campaignhappening all across the country. We will be working to ensure thatduring a time of especial US political attention to Israel during thePresidential elections, our UNC voices are being heard and our campusis staying engaged. On Monday we will be discussing the major thingsthat will be happening on campus this fall and how students can be apart of making it happen. There will be popcorn and cookie cake. Email[email protected] with questions.

Thu Sep 27, 2012

12pm - 1pm Discussion: Professor Zakia Salime: “Gender and Women’s Rights: BeyondIslamic Feminism” Where: East Duke Parlors Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Professor Zakia Salime will discuss her current book project, BetweenFeminism and Islam: Human Rights and Sharia Law in Morocco, as part ofthe Duke Women’s Studies department’s Feminism and Freedom lecture andfilm series. Salime is Associate Professor, Sociology and Women’s andGender Studies at Rutgers, State University of New Jersey. Her teachingand research focuses on the zones of frictions and tensions betweenuniversalist regimes and racialized categories of development,democratization and rights, and their gendered configurations. Lunchwill be provided. Please RSVP to [email protected] by September 24.Sponsored by the Duke Women’s Studies department, Duke Asian and MiddleEastern Studies, the Duke Center for Documentary Studies, the DukeDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Duke Romance Studies.

4:30pm - 6pm Lecture Series: Phoenician, Lebanese, or Arab: Crafting a ChristianIdentity in the Middle East Where: John Hope Franklin Center in Room 240 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Islamic Middle East & Its Religious Minorities Presented byProfessor Akram Khater, North Carolina State University 27 September2012 4:30-6:00pm John Hope Franklin Center 240, Duke University Dr.Akram Khater is Associate Professor of History at North Carolina StateUniversity, and Director of International Programs. This lecture is thefirst lecture in the The Islamic Middle East and Its ReligiousMinorities series. For more information, please visit here or contactKelly Schwehm at [email protected]. This event is sponsored by theDuke Islamic Studies Center and the Duke University Department ofReligion. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Sat Sep 29, 2012

7:30pm - 8:30pm Performance: "BOGED: An Enemy of the People" followed by paneldiscussion Where: William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: [email protected] Description: BOAZ GAON, professor at the Minshar Arts School in Tel Aviv, will sharehis Israeli adaptation of “An Enemy of the People,” a reimagining ofHenrik Ibsen's classic play of environmental activism. The play, whichwas originally produced by the Beersheva Theatre, depicts a suddenchemical leak in an Israeli industrial park that endangers the region’swater supply, prompting a family feud that quickly turns into all-outpolitical war. This event will be in English, and will be directed byCarolina’s Communication Studies Artist in Residence, Joseph Megel. Apanel discussion will follow. This event is co- sponsored by Theatre Jof Washington D.C., which is premiering the English language productionof this play in January 2013. This event is made possible by a grantfrom the Charles H. Revson Foundation in honor of Eli N. Evans, ’58.

8:30pm - 9:30pm Event: Prof. Boaz Gaon: An Israeli adaptation of “An Enemy of thePeople” Where: Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Prof. Boaz Gaon: An Israeli adaptation of “An Enemy of the People” 29September 2012 7:30pm Friday Center for Continuing Education, ChapelHill Boaz Gaon, professor at the Minshar Arts School in Tel Aviv, willshare his Israeli adaptation of “An Enemy of the People,” a reimaginingof Henrik Ibsen’s classic play of environmental activism. The play, which was originally produced by the Beersheva Theatre, depicts asudden chemical leak in an Israeli industrial park that endangers theregion’s water supply, prompting a family feud that quickly turns intoall-out political war. This event will be in English, and will bedirected by Carolina’s Communication Studies Artist in Residence,Joseph Megel. A panel discussion will follow. This event isco-sponsored by Theatre J of Washington D.C., which is premiering theEnglish language production of this play in January 2013. Alsoco-sponsored by Communications Studies and the Center for the Study ofthe Middle East and Muslim Civilizations. This event is made possibleby a grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation in honor of Eli N.Evans, ’58.

Sun Sep 30, 2012

All day Event: (Ending Sept. 30th) Carolina Global Photography Competition Sun Sep 30, 2012 - Mon Oct 1, 2012 Where: Center for Global Initiatives, Study Abroad Office and UNC Global Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Carolina Global Photography Competition Submission Period: July 19 –September 30, 2012 Submit photos now through Sept. 30 for the 13thannual amateur Carolina Global Photography Competition hosted by theCenter for Global Initiatives, Study Abroad Office and UNC Global. Opento all students, faculty, alumni and staff of UNC-Chapel Hill, winners will be awarded prizes and select photos will be displayed in the FedExGlobal Education Center exhibition opening Jan. 3. Photos may representany world region and have been taken at any time period. This yearwe’re also encouraging photos that embrace “Water in Our World,” UNC’scampus-wide academic theme.

Mon Oct 1, 2012

4:30pm - 6pm Lecture Series: Muslim Americans and the 2012 Elections: ExaminingPatterns of the Last Decade Where: Room 139 Social Sciences on West Campus Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Part of a Lecture Series on Citizenship, Democracy and ElectionsPresented by Professor Amaney Jamal, Princeton University

5pm - 6pm Discussion and Lecture: Robert V. Taylor: “Stop the Demonizing!Creating a New Politics of Engagement: Find Wisdom in SpiritualTraditions for Repairing the World” Where: FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Pizza Reception 5:00pm Lecture 5:30pm Robert V. Taylor will bediscussing his book, A New Way to Be Human, as well as discussingpathways to interfaith cooperation and peace. Come join for a pizzareception and lecture, free and open to the public. Robert V. Taylor isthe Chair of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation in New York. He is agraduate of Rhodes University, South Africa and Union TheologicalSeminary, New York. This event is sponsored by the Program in Christianity and Culture and the UNC Department of Religious Studies,the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and MuslimCivilizations, and the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies. Formore information, please contact Prof. Yaakov Ariel at[email protected]. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Tue Oct 2, 2012

7pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: Rocking Horse (Israel) and Discussion with NavidNaderi, Duke Program in Literature Where: Richard White Lecture Hall on East Campus Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Tropes of Home: Films from the Middle East (a 5-film series) NavidNaderi is an ex-linguist and current student of literature at DukeUniversity. His research interests fall under the general rubrics ofcritique of historiography, film studies, and critique ofrepresentation. In particular, he works on the interrelations ofrevolution, war, incarceration, and the production of thepost-revolutionary Iranian subject. Since moving to the United Stateshe has become more interested in the critical studies of race, policebrutality, and moral entrepreneurship.

Thu Oct 4, 2012

All day Conference: Security Studies in Times of Transition Thu Oct 4, 2012 - Sun Oct 7, 2012 Where: Friday Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Conference, October 4-6, 2012: Security Studies in Times of Transition(http://www.isanet.org/meetings/tiss- isss-isac-2012.html). The 2012sectional conference of the International Security Studies Section ofISA and the International Security and Arms Control Section of APSA, inconjunction with the Triangle Institute of Security Studies, FridayCenter in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Keynote speakers: New York Timesreporters Eric P. Schmitt and Thom Shanker, authors of Counterstrike:The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda (2012).Pre-registration is required.

6pm - 8pm Roundtable Discussion: “Immigration and Identity in the US and Europe” Where: Wilson Library, Pleasants Family Assembly Room, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Please join the Center for European Studies and the European UnionCenter of Excellence in a forum for cross- disciplinary discussion aboutanti-immigrant sentiment, issues of citizenship and identity, andminority rights in a time of severe economic crisis. The goal is tofoster a truly transatlantic dialogue by bringing together faculty whoanalyze these issues in the US and Europe, as there is a good deal ofsimilarity between the plight of Latinas/Muslims in the US and Muslimsin Europe. Featuring Michaël Privot, the EU Delegation's expert onMuslim-West relations. Delegate Privot is visiting North Carolina aspart of the Delegation's 'Building Inclusive Societies' program.Delegate Privot has more than a decade of experience in interreligiouswork and community building in Muslim communities in Europe. Mr. Privotwill be joined by UNC faculty: Sahar Amer (Asian Studies), JulianeHammer (Religious Studies), Jeff Spinner-Havel (Political Science),Anthony D. Perez (Sociology) and Paul Cuadros (Journalism), who willserve as the moderator. This event is free and open to the public. AQ&A session will follow the roundtable discussion. Sponsored by the UNCCenter for European Studies. For more information, please email AnnaBrigevich at [email protected].

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: Othering Jerusalem: The Politics of Imperial Representation Where: FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: This talk will focus on how Orientalism in 19th century European travelnarratives was used to achieve European superiority over the Muslim“other” by projecting a European identity onto Jerusalem's religiousmonuments and architecture. French Orientalism will also be compared tothe modern-day process of Judaization that examines the way in whichthe State of Israel delegitimizes the Arab presence by projecting aJewish identity on those same spaces. Suja Sawafta is an MA candidatein Franco-Arab studies at UNC. She received her BA in Global Affairsand International Development and a second major in French from UNCGreensboro. Her research interests include Orientalist studies, Frenchand Francophone literature, and modern Arabic literature. Refreshmentswill be served!

Fri Oct 5, 2012

Sat Oct 6, 2012

Mon Oct 8, 2012

6pm - 8pm Fundraiser Dinner: The Furlow Fund's 2nd Annual "Smiling Faces" Benefit Where: FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: You are cordially invited to join a fund raising dinner for thePalestinian Cleft Society sponsored by the Furlow Fund at the UNCMedical Foundation. The Palestinian Cleft Society was founded in 2007to provide free care for Palestinian children with cleft lip andpalate, and other congenital craniofacial anomalies. The Cleft Societyis made up of Palestinian surgeons, speech therapists, dentists,orthodontists, geneticists, and pediatricians, as well as foreign cleftpractitioners who have provided support to the Palestinianpractitioners. To date, the Palestinian Cleft Society, in conjunctionwith the Furlow Fund, has provided free surgery and services to over950 Palestinian children with craniofacial anomalies. Event willinclude the following: · Keynote Speaker: Dr. Leonard Furlow, afterwhom the Fund is named. · Amber Webb, program manager of Smile Train ·Music by Sarah Zamameri, violin · Dabke dancers · Silent auction withoriginal art Tickets are $15 for students and $25 for adults. Topurchase tickets and find more information about the Furlow Fund,please visit here or contact Sonya Patel at [email protected].

Wed Oct 10, 2012

12pm - 1pm Event: Morroco and the Arab Spring: Strategies of AuthoritarianSurvival, Wednesdays at the Center Where: John Hope Franklin Center in Room 240 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Wednesdays @ the Center Presented by Professor Abdeslam Maghraoui,Political Science, Duke University

12pm - 1pm Lecture: Prof. Abdeslam Maghraoui: "Where Have All the Radicals Gone?Collective Norms and Social Preferences of Muslim Youth in Morocco" Where: John Hope Franklin Center Room 240 Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Professor Abdeslam Maghraoui is Associate Professor of the Practice ofPolitical Science and Core Faculty in the Duke Islamic Studies Center.He has traveled frequently to Morocco since the Arab Spring uprisings.Sponsored by the Duke Islamic Studies Center and the Duke Middle EastStudies Center. For more information, please visit here or contact Kelly Schwehm at [email protected].

12pm - 1:30pm Panel Discussion: “The End to Soft Power? The EU and the Middle East” Where: Peabody 008, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The second installment of the “Conversations on Europe”videoconferencing series this year brings together experts, via remoteconnection, to discuss the range and level of European influence in theMiddle East. Europe has, until recently, been an attractive model forcountries in democratization, because of the non-threatening,non-military way Europe—and the EU in particular—attracted adherents.Almost two years after the Arab Spring, does Europe retain any abilityto influence events? Panelists will include: Tal Sadeh (Tel AvivUniversity); Urfan Khaliq (Cardiff University); Beverly Crawford (University of California, Berkeley). Ronald Linden (University ofPittsburgh) will moderate. Audience participation is invited. Thisevent is free and open to the public. For more information, pleasecontact Anna Brigevich at [email protected]. Sponsored by the UNCEuropean Union Center of Excellence and Center for European Studies,with support from the European Union Delegation to the United Stated,the UNC Global Studies Center, and the University of Pittsburgh. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

7pm - 8:30pm Event: Turkish Coffee Day Where: Hamilton 569, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Turkish Student Association is proud to announce its first event ofthe semester, Turkish Coffee Day. There will be a discussion on thehistory of Turkish Coffee and its importance in Turkish culture,followed by a short video demonstration of how to make Turkish coffee,and then a tasting of this delicious beverage. Last, but not least,there will be an optional $1 raffle to win a Turkish coffee set. Hostedby the UNC Turkish Student Association in partnership with the TurkishEmbassy of Washington, D.C. and Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi Mahdumlari.For more information, please contact Caitlin Nettleton at[email protected].

Thu Oct 11, 2012

7pm - 8pm Discussion: Dr. Linda Quiquivix: “Palestine: Spatial Forms ofLiberation and Independence” Where: Gardner 105, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Dr. Linda Quiquivix will discuss the role played by cartography in thePalestinian movement's shift from liberation to independence at theonset of Oslo. Dr. Quiquivix is a post-doctoral fellow in CriticalGlobal Humanities at Brown University. Her research traces the map’subiquitous role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to examine the wayin which conceptions of space determine politics. She received herdoctorate from the Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This event is sponsored by UNC Students forJustice in Palestine. For more information, please contact Prof. ElyseCrystall at [email protected].

7pm - 8pm Event: Israeli Soap Opera & Pizza Nights Where: FedEx Global Education Center Room 1005, 7 pm Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Hebrew Program at UNC and Hillel at UNC invite you to Israeli SoapOpera & Pizza Nights Come join us for a new Israeli Soap Opera Seriesand a fascinating cultural experience. Each screening night willshowcase two episodes of the successful Israeli TV series “Serugim –First Season.” “Serugim” is an Israeli television drama which dealswith the lives of five Modern Religious Jewish single men and women inthe Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem as they attempt to navigate thefrequently contradictory worlds of contemporary Israel and traditionalobservance. The title comes from the type of Kippah (skullcap) oftenworn by members of the Religious Zionist group the series depicts,the "kippa sruga"—the crocheted kippah.

7:30pm - 8:30pm Event: Prof. Shalom Goldman: “Johnny Cash in the Holy Land: ChristianZionism and American Popular Culture” Where: Divinity School Goodson Chapel Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Shalom Goldman, Professor of Religion, together with folksinger LisaDeaton, will present "Johnny Cash in the Holy Land: Christian Zionismand American Popular Culture." He is the author of "Zeal for Zion:Christians, Jews, and the Idea of the Promised Land" (University ofNorth Carolina Press, 2009), in which he argues that Christian Zionismin America actually is much older and broader than most realize andinvolves an understanding of America as a kind of Israel-like promisedland for people escaping religious and political persecution. Goldmanrefers to Johnny Cash in his presentation title because Cash wasbaptized in the Jordan River; he and his wife, June Carter Cash,traveled to Israel five times. Folksinger Lisa Deaton will performmusic related to Goldman's talk. Deaton plays and sings with threebands, The Georgia Mudcats, an Appalachian String Band; Mulligan Stew,an Irish and old time band; and LD and The Blind Dates, an eclecticfolkadelic acoustic band. There will also be performances by Dukefaculty musicians. This event is free and open to the public. For moreinformation, please visithere or contact Serena Elliott at[email protected]. Sponsored by the Duke Center for JewishStudies and the Duke Divinity School. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Fri Oct 12, 2012

2pm - 3pm Web Seminar: Fellowships at the Davis Center for Russian and EurasianStudies, Harvard University Where: Online Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Fellowships at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies,Harvard University “Subjectivities and Identities in Eurasia” Deadline:January 8, 2013 More information: http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu- Q&A session with convening faculty at ASEEES Convention Saturday,November 17, 12 p.m., 5 Fifty 5 Restaurant, Private Dining Room- Online webinars: Friday, October 12, 2 p.m. EST Friday, November 30,2 p.m. EST Wednesday, January 2, 2 p.m. EST The Davis Center is pleasedto announce the theme for its 2013-2014 Fellows Program. The FellowsProgram brings together scholars at early and later stages in theircareers to consider a common theme spanning the social sciences andhumanities. The program is coordinated by faculty from across HarvardUniversity whose research interests include aspects of the selected theme. In 2013-2014, the Fellows Program will be coordinated byProfessors Terry Martin (History) and Stephanie Sandler (SlavicLanguages and Literatures). The theme for 2013-2014 is “Subjectivitiesand Identities in Eurasia.” Imagining a personal, ethnic, religious,sexual, or national identity may be no simple matter in any culture,but for the people of Russia and Eurasia this always has been a fraughtprocess. The very question of subjectivity has been self-consciouslyscrutinized and as readily rejected as embraced. The Fellows Programwill examine a range of theoretical approaches and case studies, withan eye to gaining a greater understanding of where the work ofconstructing identity happens (in domestic, public, textual, andvirtual spaces) and what factors constrain, promote, and shape thatwork. The Davis Center invites scholars whose work considerssubjectivities and identities, their formation and structure, theiremphases on uniqueness and on replication. In addition to pursuingtheir own research, Fellows will participate in a regularinterdisciplinary seminar series with sponsoring faculty and advancedgraduate students. Papers will be presented by the Fellows, Harvardfaculty, and invited outside speakers. For more detailed information onthe Fellows Program, and opportunities to apply for regional, postdoctoral, and senior fellowships, please visit the Davis Center website,http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu. Note that scholars whose workdoes not address the annual theme may still apply for fellowships atthe Davis Center; their applications will receive full consideration.We invite you to consider applying and to forward this message tocolleagues and advanced graduate students who may be interested.

Sun Oct 14, 2012

5pm - 6pm Discussion: Suja Sawafta: “The Aftermath of the Arab Spring” Where: Chicle Language Institute, 101 East Weaver Street, Suite G-1, Carrboro,NC Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Given recent events in the Arab world, the Chicle Language Institutewill begin its fall series with a talk by Suja Sawafta on the situationin the region and what we can expect in the near future. She will takequestions from the audience. Suja Sawafta is an M.A. candidate inFranco-Arab studies at UNC. She received her B.A. in Global Affairs and International Development and a second major in French fromUNC-Greensboro. Her research interests include Orientalist studies,French and Francophone literature, and modern Arabic literature. Shealso teaches Arabic at CHICLE. This event is free and open to thepublic. For more information, please email: [email protected] or visitthe Chicle Language Institute website.

Tue Oct 16, 2012

7pm - 8pm Film: Nar (Pomegranate) Where: Varsity Theater Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join the Middle East Film Series for a screening of Nar, directed byŰmit Űnal, which details the story of a woman’s search for justice.Like the seeds of a pomegranate, each of us is distinct, yet connected.Introduction and discussion will be led by UNC Professor BanuGokariksel. For more information about the film, please visit here, orcontact Regina Higgins at [email protected]. Films in the MiddleEast Film Series as part of the Ackland Film Forum Full informationhere:http://www.ackland.org/Visit/AdultPrograms/AcklandFilmForum/index.htm Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Wed Oct 17, 2012

5pm - 6pm Lecture: October 17, 5:00 p.m. David Shulman, Renee Lang Professor ofHumanistic Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem: "Re-inventingGandhi and Martin Luther King in Palestine: Notes from the Peace Front." Where: TBA Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Lecture: October 17, 5:00 p.m. David Shulman, Renee Lang Professor ofHumanistic Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem: "Re-inventingGandhi and Martin Luther King in Palestine: Notes from the PeaceFront." This lecture will include a short clip from the film Budrus andwill followed by a reception and book signing. Duke University,location to be announced. Sponsored by the Duke Center for CivicEngagement.

6pm - 7pm Lecture: Prof. David Shulman: “Re-Inventing Gandhi and Martin LutherKing in Palestine: Notes From the Peace Front” Where: Westbrook 0012, Duke Divinity School Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Prof. David Shulman is a member of the joint Israeli-PalestinianLife-in-Common (or Ta'ayush) grassroots movement for non-violence. OnOct. 17th, Prof. Laurie Patton, Dean of the Trinity College of Arts &Sciences at Duke, will give brief comments after Shulman's lecture. Apublic reception and book signing will follow. On Thursday, Oct. 18,Shulman will moderate a panel discussion with faculty from arearesearch universities that considers the rewards and challenges encountered in international peace work. Select readings written byShulman and more information on above e vents are available on the DukeCenter for Civic Engagement website Shulman's visit is hosted by theDuke Center for Civic Engagement and the Department of Religion.

Thu Oct 18, 2012

10am - 11am Panel discussion: David Shulman, Renee Lang Professor of HumanisticStudies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem Where: Hebrew University of Jerusalem Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Panel discussion on religion, conflict and engagement, considering the“every day forms of wickedness” which are routinely encountered ininternational peace work as well as the possibility of achieving asense of inner freedom in the face of this conflict. Duke University,location and additional participants to be announced. Sponsored by theDuke Center for Civic Engagement.

10am - 12pm Panel Discussion: International Peace Work Where: Westbrook 0014, Duke Divinity School Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace

10am - 11am Panel discussion: October 18, 10:00 a.m. David Shulman, Renee LangProfessor of Humanistic Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem Where: TBA Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Panel discussion on religion, conflict and engagement, considering the“every day forms of wickedness” which are routinely encountered ininternational peace work as well as the possibility of achieving asense of inner freedom in the face of this conflict. Duke University,location and additional participants to be announced. Sponsored by theDuke Center for Civic Engagement.

4pm - 5pm Lecture: “What Counts as True: A View from the Tamil Ramayana” Where: Rubenstein Library's Biddle Rare Book Room, Duke West Campus. Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace

4:30pm - 6pm Lecture Series: Muslims and Democracy from Cairo to DC Where: Room 136 Social Science on West Campus Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Citizenship, Democracy, and Elections Lectures Presented by AbdulkaderSinno, Indiana University Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

6:30pm - 9:30pm Event: Pakistani Students' Association host Pakistan's first Oscarwinner, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Where: White Lecture Hall Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Pakistani Students' Association will host Pakistan's first Oscarwinner, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, on Thursday, October 18th in WhiteLecture Hall from 6 30pm - 9pm. Sharmeen will give a speech and therewill be a special viewing of her upcoming series Ho Yaqeen.

Fri Oct 19, 2012

3pm - 5pm Lecture: Europe’s Deepest Border: The Strait of Gibraltar in ModernTimes Where: Borderworks Humanities Lab Bay 5, Smith Warehouse Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Europe’s Deepest Border: The Strait of Gibraltar in Modern Times SashaPack University of Buffalo (SUNY) Friday, October 19, 3:00-5:00 pmBorderworks Humanities Lab Bay 5, Smith Warehouse This talk willexamine the history of the Euro-African border in the westernMediterranean during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Border security may have become a defining global anxiety of our time,but the concept has long bedeviled the range of kingdoms, empires,alliances, and federations operating in the Strait and its northern andsouthern hinterlands. By the latter nineteenth century, the Strait’sstrategic position bridging continents and dividing seas invitedneo-imperial conquest with its attendant rules and technologies, all ofwhich overlay a region that had for five centuries formed theapproximate boundary between the Christian and Muslim worlds. As aresult, the region became extraordinarily diverse, not only in ethnicand religious terms, but also in the types of polities and borders tobe found there. Intensive circulation and cross-border traffic, longcharacteristic of the region, became increasingly entangled in imperialand Great Power struggles. This volatile dynamic spawned its share ofguerrilla violence, civil war, and ethnic cleansing in the twentiethcentury, but this borderland never became the flashpoint of widerconflict. Sasha D. Pack is Associate Professor of History at theUniversity at Buffalo (SUNY). His book, Tourism and Dictatorship:Europe’s Peaceful Invasion of Franco’s Spain (New York, 2006), won the“Best First Book, 2004-2006” Prize from the Association for Spanish andPortuguese Historical Studies, and has appeared in Spanish translationunder the title, La invasión pacífica (Madrid, 2009). He has publishedarticles in The Journal of Modern History, Segle XX, and other academicrevues, and serves on the editorial board of the Bulletin for Spanishand Portuguese Historical Studies. Co-Sponsored by the BorderworksHumanities Lab (Franklin Humanities Institute), Center for EuropeanStudies, and Department of History

Mon Oct 22, 2012

5pm - 6pm Discussion: Dr. Jeanette Jouili: “Islamic Popular Culture and theFashioning of Moderate Muslim Men and Women in Post-7/7 UK” Where: East Duke Parlors Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Jeanette S. Jouili is a 2012-13 postdoctoral fellow in the Program inWomen’s Studies at Duke University. She obtained her PhD inSociology/Anthropology jointly from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes enSciences Sociales in Paris, France, and the European UniversityViadrina, in Frankfurt-Oder, Germany. She has held research positionsat Amsterdam University and the International Institute for the Studyof Islam in the Modern World in the Netherlands, and was a fellow at the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University in 2011-2012. Hercurrent research project is on the Islamic cultural and artistic scenein the UK and France. Her forthcoming book is about women in theIslamic revival in France and Germany. This talk is part of the DukeWomen’s Studies Feminism and Freedom Series. Sponsored by Duke AsianAmerican and Middle Eastern Studies, theDuke Center for DocumentaryStudies, and the Duke Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, DukeRomance Studies, the Duke Islamic Studies Center, and the DukeDepartment of International Comparative Studies. For more information,please visit here or contact Melanie [email protected].

7:30pm - 8:30pm Film and Discussion: Verrücktes Blut/Deli Kanli/Crazy Blood withDirector Nurkan Erpulat Where: Perkins Library 217, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Screening: Verrücktes Blut/Deli Kanli/Crazy Blood in German withEnglish subtitles, followed by Q&A Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

8:30pm - 9:30pm Event: Watch Party—Foreign Policy Presidential Debate Where: Nelson Mandela Auditorium FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: J Street UNC will be hosting a watch party for the Foreign PolicyPresidential Debate along with a collection of UNC foreign policyorganizations. Pre-debate discussions about the major policy issuesthat will be topics in the debate and campus attitudes toward them willbe hosted by the co-sponsoring organizations. The debate will start at9pm. Co-sponsors: J Street UNC, Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense,Roosevelt Institute Foreign Policy Center, Campus Y, UNC Hillel, STAND,Advocates for Human Rights, Campus BluePrint, Carolina China Network.Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Tue Oct 23, 2012

12pm - 2pm Lecture: Prof. Juliane Hammer: "’Men are the Protectors of Women:’Negotiating Marriage, Feminism, and (Islamic) Law in American MuslimEfforts against Domestic Violence” Where: Bingham Hall 217, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Juliane Hammer is an Associate Professor at the Department of ReligiousStudies at UNC, and specializes in Islamic Studies. Her areas ofresearch include: American Muslims; gender discourses in AmericanMuslim communities; Muslim women's and gender studies; theory andmethod in the study of Islam; Sufism and food; modern and contemporary Muslim approaches to the Qur'an; marriage, family, and sexuality inreligions. This talk is part of the Islam Reading Group, a group of UNCand Duke students and faculty who come together throughout the year todiscuss a pertinent paper or topic in Islamic Studies. The paper isusually disseminated in advance of the talk to facilitate discussion.Some refreshments will be served, but feel free to bring lunch. Formore information, and to RSVP, please contact Candace Mixon([email protected]. edu). Candace will also share with you a short paperin advance.

6pm - 7pm Reception and Talk: "Representing Turkish Women on the German Screen"with Director Nurkan Erpulat Where: Toy Lounge in Dey Hall, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Nurkan Erpulat was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1974. After studyingacting in Izmir, he moved to Berlin at the age of 25 and learnedGerman. In Berlin, Erpulat studied theater education and directing atthe Ernst Busch Theaterhochschule, one of the most renowned theateracademies in Germany. In 2011, Erpulat received the award 'BestUp- and-Coming Director.’ As of the 2011/12 theater season, he has beendirector in residence at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. For moreinformation, please contact Dr. Priscilla Layne ([email protected])or Jenise Washington ([email protected]).

Wed Oct 24, 2012

All day World View K-12 Symposium Wed Oct 24, 2012 - Fri Oct 26, 2012 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace

12pm - 1pm Lecture: Prof. Maleiha Malik: “Anti-Muslim Prejudice in Europe and theU.S.” Where: UNC School of Law, Classroom 5046 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Maleiha Malik is a Professor of Law at King's College, University ofLondon. Her research interests include jurisprudence and legal theory,feminist theory and discrimination law. Her relevant publicationsinclude Discrimination Law: Theory and Context (2008) and Anti-MuslimPrejudice in the West - Past and Present. Malik’s presentation willexplore anti-Muslim prejudice in Europe and the U.S., including theroots of misunderstandings about Islam and Muslims, debates around thewearing of the veil, and the linkages between US and European politicalactors and institutions who have mobilized against European andAmerican Muslims. Sponsored by the Carolina Center for the Study of theMiddle East and Muslim Civilizations, and the Duke-UNC Consortium forMiddle East Studies. For more information, please contact Regina Higgins at [email protected].

3pm - 4:30pm Event: Anti-Muslim Prejudice in the West Where: Room 240 at John Hope Franklin Center Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: British Council, Our Shared Future Initiative Lecture Presented byProfessor Maleiha Malik, King's College, University of London Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

6pm - 7pm Discussion: A Conversation with Laura Poitras Where: Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Reception to follow, 7:00-8:00pm Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us for an evening with documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras atDuke’s Nasher Museum. Known for her incisive and nuanced portraits ofindividuals that emerge in and from wartime in the Middle East and NewYork City, Poitras is an Emmy and Academy award nominated filmmaker.Her films, My Country, My Country and The Oath won numerous recognitions including the Inspiration Award and the Special Jury Awardat the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival respectively. A recipientof a Peabody Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Media Arts Fellowshipfrom the Rockefeller Foundation/Tribeca Film Institute, Poitras iscurrently working on the third film in the series dealing withincreased surveillance and security. Arts advocate, historicpreservationist, author and accomplished television interviewerBarbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel will facilitate the discussion.Prescreening of all films at the Griffith Film Theater, DukeUniversity. Hosted by The Screen Society and the Program in Arts of theMoving Image Flag Wars: Wednesday, October 3, 7:00pm My Country, MyCountry: Monday, October 8, 7:00pm The Oath: Monday, October 22, 7:00pmFor more information, please visit here. Co-sponsored by the Rare Book,Manuscript and Special Collections Library, the Program in the Arts ofthe Moving Image, and the Center for Documentary Studies.

Thu Oct 25, 2012

All day World View K-12 Symposium Wed Oct 24, 2012 - Fri Oct 26, 2012 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace

5:30pm - 6:30pm Talk: Michael Penn (NHC Fellow) on "Changing Times and Changing Texts:Syriac Christian Reactions to the Rise of Islam" Where: 0014 Westbrook Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Syriac Christian reactions to the rise of Islam. The talk is sponsoredby the Center for Late Ancient Studies and will be Thursday, October25, 5:30 in 0014 Westbrook (Divinity School, Duke west Campus).

Fri Oct 26, 2012

7:30pm - 8:30pm Discussion: “Iran and Israel: Beyond Politics” Where: United Church of Chapel Hill 1321 Martin Luther King Blvd, Chapel Hill Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: An evening discussion with Yuri Haasz and Majid Interviewed byCatherine Cadden * Learn more about the two countries from an insider'sview * Understand root causes of the conflict * Discuss nonviolentsolutions YURI HAASZ was born and raised in Israel and moved to Brazilin 1996. As a Rotary World Peace Fellow, Yuri holds an MA inInternational Relations with a concentration in Peace Studies andConflict Resolution from the International Christian University inTokyo, Japan. His work and research on questions of identity, conflictand nonviolence have led Yuri to work in Israel / Palestine with HumanRights Watch and local grassroots NGOs: Israeli Committee Against HouseDemolitions and Emek Shave. In 2012, Yuri was part of a trainer team inthe Occupied Palestinian Territories, offering a 9-day residentialtraining for more than 100 Israelis, Palestinians and internationals inNonviolent CommunicationTM, an approach that has been central to Yuri'swork with nonviolence. Yuri is the founder and chair of the SouthAmerica chapter of FFIPP (Faculty for Israeli Palestinian Peace) .MAJID was born and raised in Tehran and moved to the U.S. in 2006.Because of tensions he saw between East and West, he became involved inactivist groups that promoted mutual understanding and nonviolent solutions. Majid became a facilitator for the Awakening the DreamerSymposium and began offering talks on Iranian art and culture forWestern audiences to raise awareness about everyday Iranian people. Aspart of his passion for sharing Iranian art, Majid has co-produced andperformed evenings of Sufi poetry and music around North Carolina. Heis also a software globalization engineer at SAS in Cary, NorthCarolina. CATHERINE CADDEN is an international Center for Nonviolent Communication Certified Trainer and author of Peaceable RevolutionThrough Education. She lives in Chapel Hill. For more information,please call 919-929-3293. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Sat Oct 27, 2012

4pm - 5pm Film: JIHAD WITHOUT BORDER Where: EB1 1007 Engineering Bldg. 1, Centennial Campus North Carolina StateUniversity, Raleigh, NC Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Shahriar Kabir's documentary on Rise of Islamic militancy and future ofsecular democracy in Pakistan You are invited to join the screening ofJIHAD WITHOUT THE BORDER a documentary on the Rise of Islamic militancyand future of secular democracy in Pakistan directed by renownedauthor, journalist, human right activist from Bangladesh Shahriar Kabir on October 27, 2012 at North Carolina State University . You will finda link to Shahriar Kabir’s biography herehttp://www. secularvoiceofbangladesh.org/A_humanisjt_by_Dr_Roy.htm. Morelinks: At Kean University: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=eGopdk98yHUBangladesh Genocide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JURRnMWYpVcSPEAKERS: Shahriar Kabir, Director David Gilmartin, Professor ofHistory, North Carolina State University Bob Etheridge, former memberof the U.S. House of representative (tentative) Steve Rao, MorrisvilleCouncil Member, At Large ORGANIZERS: Shompriti Forum(http: //www.shompritiforum.org/) Duke Islamic Studies Center(http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/disc/)/(http://tirnscholars.org/) South AsianPeople’s Union Against Fundamentalism and Communism Contact: (919)451-3153; (919) 427-9972

Sun Oct 28, 2012

4pm - 7pm Event: Turkish Republic Day Where: Turk Evi 743 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Please join us for good food, friends and fun! Some highlights includeteaching of a traditional Turkish dance, singing of the Turkishnational anthem, and a performance by the UNC Achordants at 6pm! If youliked Turkish coffee day, don't worry, we will also have tea andTurkish coffee! Please bring a dish if you can! We will have basic fooditems, thanks to the Bosphorus Restaurant and Med Deli, but we coulddefinitely use more delicious Turkish food. Sponsored by The Turkish Student Association at UNC-Chapel Hill and Carolina Turk Evi The eventis open to the public. Parking is limited - walking is advised and itis only 10 minutes from the Planetarium! For more information, pleasecontact Caitlin Nettleton at [email protected].

Mon Oct 29, 2012

4:30pm - 6pm Lecture Series: Syria: What Lies Ahead? Where: Room 240 in the John Hope Franklin Center Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Part of the Lecture Series on The Islamic Middle East & Its ReligiousMinorities Presented by Professor Joshua Landis, University of Oklahoma

6pm - 7pm Event: Coptic Music by Dr. George Guirguis Where: New West in Room 219 at UNC Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Egyptian sweets and drinks will be served. Sponsored by the UNC ArabicProgram

8pm - 9pm Lecture: Ethan Casey on Pakistan and South Asia Where: FedEx Global Education Center, room 1005 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: UNC will be hosting writer/journalist Ethan Casey on Monday for aspecial FREE lecture on Pakistan and South Asia. Mr. Casey has traveledto Pakistan and India many times and has written two books about hisexperiences. He will be speaking at UNC in the FedEx Global EducationCenter room 1005 at 7:00 pm on Monday, Oct. 29. Refreshments will be served. Mr. Casey's book 'Alive and Well in Pakistan: A Human Journeyin a Dangerous Time' has been called “magnificent” by Ahmed Rashid,author of "Taliban" and 'Descent into Chaos'; “intelligent andcompelling … the insights of a singular, clear- eyed and human traveler”by Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist Mohsin Hamid, and “wonderful … amodel of travel writing” by Edwidge Danticat. Ethan Casey writes oftenfor the Pakistani daily newspaper 'Dawn' and contributes to 'TheHuffington Post' as well as writing frequently on his own website. Inhis writing and public speaking, he works to help improve Americans’ awareness of both the historic and the contemporary situations inPakistan and Haiti. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Tue Oct 30, 2012

12:30pm - 2pm Lecture: Dr. Joshua Landis: “Syria: What lies ahead?” Where: FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 (4th floor) Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Joshua M. Landis is Director of the Center for Middle East Studies andAssociate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University ofOklahoma. Dr. Landis teaches modern Middle Eastern history and politicsand writes on Syria and its surrounding countries. He writes “SyriaComment,” a daily newsletter on Syrian politics that attracts some3,000 readers a day. It is widely read by officials in Washington,Europe and Syria. Dr. Landis regularly travels to Washington DC toconsult with the State Department and other government agencies.Cosponsored by the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East andMuslim Civilizations, and the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle EastStudies. This lecture is free and open to the public. Due to the timeof lecture, free parking will not be available on campus. Foroff-street parking in Chapel Hill, please see here.

Thu Nov 1, 2012

5:30pm - 6:30pm Film and Concert: “Without a Fight” + Megafaun Where: 5:30pm – Food truck and presentations 7:00pm – Film screening MemorialHall, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Without A Fight is a feature length documentary film that explores howsoccer can facilitate social change in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum.Footage of violent clashes fueled by polarizing national presidentialelections is intertwined with profiles of youth from differentreligious and ethnic backgrounds as they navigate daily life andprepare for the final championship soccer game of the season.Filmmakers followed players from Carolina for Kibera’s youth soccerleague and provide a glimpse into an Africa few Americans have seen.Megafaun will provide live musical accompaniment to the screening ofWithout A Fight. Tickets to the screening are $15 for the public, $10for UNC faculty and staff, and $5 for students with ID. Children under12 are free. For a trailer of the movie, see withoutafight.org. Formore information, contact Beth-Ann Kutchma, 919.599.6504,[email protected].

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: Michael Muhammad Knight: “Race, Religion, and Authenticity inAmerican Islam: The Nubian Islamic Hebrews” Where: FedEx Global Education Center, room 4003, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Michael Muhammad Knight is a PhD candidate at the Department ofReligion at UNC. His research topics include: Islam as an Americanreligion; new religious movements; race, ethnicity, immigration, andidentity formation; orthodoxy and heresy; theories of religion. Thistalk is part of Islam is the Global Context Speaker Series. For more information, please contact Rose Aslan at [email protected].

7pm - 8pm Workshop: “Is Peace Possible?” Where: Union Room 3409, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Care about Israel and the Palestinians, but aren't sure if we'll everreach peace? Worried the conflict is unsolvable? Want to learn moreabout the biggest obstacles to peace? Join J Street UNC for thenationally praised "Is Peace Possible?" workshop by The S. DanielAbraham Center for Middle East Peace and The Atlantic. Usinginteractive fact videos, we will explore the specific history andcurrent issues on the ground related to the borders between Israel andthe Palestinian territories and the disputed areas in West and EastJerusalem. There will be discussions and popcorn. For more information,contact [email protected]. The workshop can be previewed at here,http://ispeacepossible.com/ Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Fri Nov 2, 2012

All day Conference: "The Near Future: Volatility, Opportunity, and Critique Fri Nov 2, 2012 - Mon Nov 5, 2012 Where: Panels and talks will be held in Saunders Hall, Murray Hall, MurpheyHall, and Bingham Hall on UNC Chapel Hill’s main campus. Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: http://www.criticalgeography.org/index.php/conference-specifics 19thAnnual Conference on Critical Geography, UNC-Chapel Hill. Free, butregistration is requested. Sponsored by the Department of Geography,UNC-Chapel Hill, "Human Geography: A New Radical Journal," theInstitute for Arts and Humanities at UNC Chapel Hill, the UNC Centerfor Global Initiatives, the Carolina Center for the Study of the MiddleEast and Muslim Civilizations, and the Duke-UNC Consortium for MiddleEast Studies. Presentations include: Will McInerney, Kane Smego,Mohammad Moussa, and Sameer Abdel-khalek, "Poetic Portraits of aRevolution: Snap Shots ." Jason Cons, Bucknell University, "Historiesof Sensitivity: Producing Sensitive Space on the India-BangladeshBorder." Majed Akhter, University of Arizona, "The Geopolitics of Downstream: The Baglihar Decision and the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960."Lacin Tutalar, University of Kentucky, "Mediating Power Through One’sBody and Emotional Labor: Reproducing Private Space in a PublicSetting?" Brittany Cook, University of Kentucky, "Between Occupations:A Spectrum of Resistance by Palestinians in Nicosia, Cyprus." MichalBraier, Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel, "Planning as Resistance:Independent Zoning Plans in East Jerusalem." Mara Duer, Internat’lChristian Univerisity, Japan, "Finding a Place in the City: SpatialSecuritization in the Western World." Laurel Bradley, UNC-Chapel Hill,Embodying Belonging: Filipina Migrant Workers’ Claims for IsraeliInclusion." Simone Popperl, University of California, Irvine, "Mobilityas Protest in the West Bank."

Sat Nov 3, 2012

12pm - 1pm (Anti-) Conference: Visualizing Human Rights Where: FedEx Global Education Center, UNC – CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us for Center for Global Initiatives' genre-bustinganti-conference, Visualizing Human Rights - an incredible day filledwith artists, performers, and advocates who use their skills to advancethe struggle for dignity and human rights both locally and globally.Come to reflect, create, celebrate, and think about human rights. ·Guest interview with Dick Gordon host of The Story · Make your ownbeats with Carolina's Beat Making Lab · Drumming, masks, and puppets with Paperhand Puppet Intervention · Delicious local food from Vimala’sCurryblossom Café For more information, and to register for your freeticket, visit Visualizing Human Rights, http://unc.edu/vhr Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Sun Nov 4, 2012

Mon Nov 5, 2012

5pm - 6pm Discussion: “Chapel Hill Bus Ads - Hateful? Useful? Lawful?” Where: Union Room 2420, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us in discussing the future of political dialogue at UNC. You mayhave seen the ads now covering 96 out of 104 Chapel Hill buses, callingfor an end to US military aid to Israel. You might have also heardabout the ads now blanketing the NYC subway, decrying "Jihad" andsupporting Israel, the "civilized man.” Pending the decision of ourtown council, both ads may be present on almost all of Chapel Hill'spublic transit. Come join an open, inclusive student discussion aboutfree speech, Israel/Palestine, and the future of dialogue on thiscampus. Let your voice be heard. A representative from the Town Councilmay be joining us. We will be discussing the following ads: "Cut USMilitary Aid to Israel" Ad (currently on buses) and "Support Israel,Fight Jihad" (not currently on buses). Hosted by J Street UNC and cosponsored by the Campus Y and UNC Hillel. All voices are welcome. AChapel Hill Town Council meeting about this issue follows at 7pm on MLKBlvd.

7:30pm - 8:30pm Demons and Evil Angels in Early Judaism Where: William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: [email protected] Description: CAROL NEWSOM, distinguished professor at Emory University, will discussthe origins and functions of demonic forces in early Judaism, exploringhow speculation about demons and evil forces developed in the latePersian and Hellenistic periods of Judaism (4th-2nd centuries BCE).This lecture is made possible by a grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation in honor of Eli N. Evans, ’58.

Tue Nov 6, 2012

All day Event: Go Global—Get Your Passport! Tue Nov 6, 2012 - Thu Nov 8, 2012 Where: From 10AM to 3PM, 4003 FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Officials from the U.S. Department of State will be on campus for twodays to accept passport applications and renewal applications (formsavailable at the event), and students, faculty, staff and theirfamilies are invited to attend. You can have passport photos taken atthe event for $7 by UNC One Card, or before the event at the UNC OneCard Office. You are encouraged to get your photos before the event toavoid waiting. For details about the required materials and amount ofpayment to bring with you, please visit the links listed at the eventwebsite. Sponsored by UNC Global, the U.S. Department of State, and theUNC One Card Office. For questions about the event, pleaseemailmelissa_mcmurray@unc. edu. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Wed Nov 7, 2012

Thu Nov 8, 2012

12:30pm - 1:30pm Talk: Prof. Carl Ernst: “Indian Lovers in Arabic and Persian Guise:Azad Bilgrami’s Depiction of nayikas” Where: Incubator Room, Hyde Hall, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Prof. Carl Ernst will deliver this talk as part of the “New Directionsin South Asian Studies” workshop. He is a specialist in Islamicstudies, with a focus on West and South Asia. His published research,based on the study of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, has been mainlydevoted to the study of three areas: general and critical issues ofIslamic studies, pre- modern and contemporary Sufism, and Indo-Muslimculture. Drinks will be provided; feel free to bring a lunch. For more information, please contact Iqbal Sevea at [email protected].

8pm - 9pm Film Screenings: “Rooted in Community: Three Documentaries ExploringYouth Culture in Indonesia” Where: Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: This past summer Nourish International-UNC sent seven students acrossthe globe to document their experiences in Yogyakarta, the academic hubof Indonesia. Working with local media organization Kampung Halamanthey produced three documentaries that explore youth and studentculture in Yogyakarta, examining the unique qualities of Indonesianlife and the characteristics and issues that connect them to our ownculture and campus. The featured documentaries include: “KotaPelajar—The Student's City,” “Jalan Tengah—The Middle Way,” and “WayangGaul.” For more information, please visit the event Facebook page oremail Daniel Turner at [email protected]. Sponsored by Nourish-UNC, the UNC Center for Global Initiatives, the Carolina Centerfor the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, and theDuke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies.

Mon Nov 12, 2012

7pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: Turtles Can Fly (Kurdish) and Discussion withNavid Naderi, Duke Program in Literature Where: Richard White Lecture Hall on East Campus Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Tropes of Home: Films from the Middle East (a 5-film series)

7pm - 8pm Talk: Miko Peled: “Moving Beyond Zionism: A New Paradigm for the Futureof Israel/Palestine” Where: Manning Hall 209, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Israeli author and activist Miko Peled was born in Jerusalem and servedin the Israeli army, but he found himself at odds with its methods. Heis the grandson of Dr. Avraham Katsnelson, a signer of Israel’sDeclaration of Independence, and the son of General Matti Peled, anofficer in the 1948 war and a heroic general in the war of 1967. Later in life the general became an expert in Arab Affairs and a pioneer inthe Israeli peace movement. The political became personal for Miko whenhis 13-year old niece was killed by a Palestinian suicide attack inJerusalem. In his book, he provides a compelling window into the fearsthat haunt both peoples but also into the courage of all those who havebeen pursuing a steadfast grassroots struggle for equality for all inIsrael-Palestine. Organized and sponsored by the Coalition for Peacewith Justice. The event on Nov. 12 is co-sponsored with the Studentsfor Justice in Palestine UNC. The event on Nov. 13 is co- sponsored withBalance and Accuracy in Journalism. For more information:[email protected] Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Tue Nov 13, 2012

6pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: “Cultures of Resistance” Where: Fred Brooks Bldg. FB 009 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Director Iara Lee’s documentary featuring the work of artists andactivists in the fight for social justice. Discussion will follow thescreening.

Wed Nov 14, 2012

All day World View Community College Symposium Wed Nov 14, 2012 - Fri Nov 16, 2012 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace

4:15pm - 6:30pm Event: Small-scale Constituencies and Their Impact on 2012 (Meet andGreet and Lecture at 5:00PM) Where: Fleishman Commons, Meet and Greet, Lecture in 04 Sanford Hall Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Part of Lecture Series on Citizenship, Democracy and ElectionsPresented by John Zogby, Senior Analyst, JZ Analytics

6:30pm - 7:30pm Event and Lecture: John Zogby: “Did Minorities Matter? Their Impact onthe 2012 Elections” Where: Meet & Greet 4:15-4:45pm Fleshman Commons Lecture 5:00-6:30pm Room 04Sanford School Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: John Zogby, founder of the "Zogby Poll" and the Zogby companies, is aninternationally respected pollster, opinion leader and best-sellingauthor. He is currently a Senior Analyst with JZ Analytics. There willbe a short reception from 4:15 - 4:45 in Fleishman Commons. Thislecture is part of our Fall 2012 lecture series Citizenship, Democracy,Elections. Sponsored by the Duke University Middle East Studies Center,American Grand Strategy (AGS), Muslim Life, Duke Center for CivicEngagement (DCCE), DukeEngage, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media andDemocracy, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Sociology, Triangle Institutefor Security Studies (TISS) and Duke Human Rights Center (DHRC). Formore information, please contact Kelly Schwehm at[email protected] or visit here:http://islamicstudies.duke. edu/events/archive/2012/11/14/lecture-small-scale-constituencies-and-their-impact-on-2012

7:30pm - 8:30pm Talk: Miko Peled: “Moving Beyond Zionism: A New Paradigm for the Futureof Israel/Palestine” Where: Community Church of Chapel Hill UU 106 Purefoy Road Chapel Hill, NC27514 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Israeli author and activist Miko Peled was born in Jerusalem and servedin the Israeli army, but he found himself at odds with its methods. Heis the grandson of Dr. Avraham Katsnelson, a signer of Israel’sDeclaration of Independence, and the son of General Matti Peled, anofficer in the 1948 war and a heroic general in the war of 1967. Later in life the general became an expert in Arab Affairs and a pioneer inthe Israeli peace movement. The political became personal for Miko whenhis 13-year old niece was killed by a Palestinian suicide attack inJerusalem. In his book, he provides a compelling window into the fearsthat haunt both peoples but also into the courage of all those who havebeen pursuing a steadfast grassroots struggle for equality for all inIsrael-Palestine. Organized and sponsored by the Coalition for Peacewith Justice. The event on Nov. 12 is co-sponsored with the Studentsfor Justice in Palestine UNC. The event on Nov. 13 is co- sponsored withBalance and Accuracy in Journalism. For more information:[email protected]

Thu Nov 15, 2012

All day World View Community College Symposium Wed Nov 14, 2012 - Fri Nov 16, 2012 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

6pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: “My Neighbourhood” Where: Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Fed Ex Global Education Center Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Documentary featuring partnership of Muslim and Jewish activists inprotesting the eviction of a Muslim family in East Jerusalem.Discussion will be led by Suhad Babaa, Education Coordinator, JustVision. Co-sponsors: Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, CarolinaCenter for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations,Carolina Navigators, Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, JStreet UNC, World View

6pm - 8pm Film Screening: “My Neighborhood” Where: Nelson Mandela Auditorium FedEx Global Education Center Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: From the producers of Budrus, Just Vision’s new documentary featuresthe partnership of Muslim and Jewish activists in protesting theeviction of a Muslim family in East Jerusalem. Discussion will be ledby Suhad Babaa, the Education Coordinator of Just Vision. A trailer ofthe movie can be viewed here. Co-sponsors: Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and MuslimCivilizations, Carolina Navigators, Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle EastStudies, J Street UNC, World View.

Mon Nov 19, 2012

2pm - 3pm Lecture: "Crisis of democracy or renaissance of authoritarianism?Authoritarian challenges to new democracies in the Western Balkans." Where: FEDEX GLOBAL EDUCATION CENTER 4TH FLOOR Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Center for European Studies and the European Union Center ofExcellence invite all to a public lecture at UNC Monday, Nov. 19, 2012,at 2 pm. Dr. Vedran Dzihic (University of Vienna) will present "Crisisof democracy or renaissance of authoritarianism? Authoritarianchallenges to new democracies in the Western Balkans." FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC "In the last few years of global economic crisis we seegrowing authoritarian challenges to new democracies in the WesternBalkans. The crisis has changed the political landscape of the regionas political elites seek new tools for retaining power and securinglegitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry. I argue that current regimesin the Western Balkans increasingly seek answers to the politicalcrisis by combining democratic practices with (newly) authoritarianones. The new 'gray zone' regimes that have emerged keep the façade ofdemocratic institutions and elections and combine them with newauthoritarian policies, relying on old authoritarian values likenationalism. This damages the very notion of democracy and limits theeffects of democratization." Dr. Dzihic will unpack these newauthoritarian challenges to democracy with thought-provoking insightsfrom Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo.Dr. Vedran Dzihic is Assistant Professor at the Institute for PoliticalSciences at the University of Vienna, and Senior Researcher at theAustrian Institute for International Affairs. He is also Co-Director ofthe Center for Advanced Studies of South East Europe. He has beenAustrian Marshall Plan Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relationsat the School of Advanced International Studies, John HopkinsUniversity, Washington D.C. Recently, he co-edited two books incooperation with Brookings Institutions Press and Center forTransatlantic Relations, SAIS, Washington DC: "Unfinished Business. TheWestern Balkans and the International Community" (2012), together withDan Hamilton, and “Looming Shadows. Migration and Integration at a Time of Upheaval. European and American Perspectives” (2012), together withThomas Schmidinger.

6pm - 7pm Seminar: Dr. Amy Smithson: “Germ Gambits” Where: Magnolia Room, The Friday Center One Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join the Triangle Institute for Security Studies for a dinner seminarwith biological weapons expert Dr. Amy Smithson. Dr. Smithson is a UNCalum with a Ph.D. from George Washington University and is currently aSenior Fellow at the Center for Non Proliferation Studies (Washington,DC office). She chairs the Global Affairs Council on Nuclear,Biological, and Chemical Weapons for the World Economic Forum. Her areaof expertise is in chemical and biological weapons proliferation andthreat reduction mechanisms. Her most recent book, Germ Gambits: TheBioweapons Dilemma, Iraq and Beyond (2011) examines the verificationwork done by a small UN inspection corps in 1995. Despite the lack ofofficial inspection measures to back the 1975 weapons ban, and despiteIraqis' extensive concealment and deception measures, the team was ableto expose the bioweapon agent production. On November 19th, 2012 Dr.Smithson will discuss the challenges posed by biological weapons andconsider how the biological weapons risks can be reduced in future. Registration is required for this event. Please visit the event websitefor registration information or contact Carolyn Pumphrey at[email protected]. Sponsored by the Triangle Institute for SecurityStudies. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

6pm - 7pm Talk: "Cross-Cultural Expressions in Sufi Music" by Dr. RachanaUmashankar Where: UNC New West 219 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Our colleague Dr. Rachana Umashankar will be presenting a talkon "Cross-Cultural Expressions in Sufi Music" next Monday at 6 pm onthe UNC campus. Hope you can make it! Please join us for a lectureentitled "Cross-cultural expressions in Sufi Music" by Dr. RachanaUmashankar, (Ph.D. in Anthropology from UNC, now on the Asian Studiesfaculty). When: Monday, November 19 at 6 pm. Where: New West (UNC-CH)219 Topic: In this talk, I will introduce the audience to thecross-cultural nature of Sufi music in India. Qawwali, the primarystyle of music in which Sufi poetry is sung in India, includes languageand imagery from the Middle East, Persia, and local Indian traditions.This layering results in a rich audio- visual experience, and speaks tothe diverse traditions which Sufi practice in the Subcontinent draws on.

Mon Nov 26, 2012

5pm - 6pm Lecture: “RELIGION VS. CULTURE: RESEARCHING AMERICAN MUSLIM EFFORTSAGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE” Where: MURPHEY 112 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: “RELIGION VS. CULTURE: RESEARCHING AMERICAN MUSLIM EFFORTS AGAINSTDOMESTIC VIOLENCE” presented by Julianne Hammer

6:30pm - 7:30pm Talk: Asyraf Isyraqi bin Jamil & Mohd Zaidi Bin Daud: “AdministeringEducation in Islamic 5th AH/11th AC Century: Nizam al-Mulk’s Foundationof Madrasah Nizamiyyah” Where: Room 1005, FedEx Global Education Center Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Nizam al-Mulk was the founder of Madrasah Nizamiyyah, the firstsystematic madrasah in Islam. This talk will give a brief overview onthe life of al-Mulk and the history of the educational institution, inaddition to the relationship between the person and the institutionitself. Asyraf Isyraqi bin Jamil & Mohd Zaidi Bin Daud are PhDcandidate at the Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, andare currently visiting scholars at the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations at UNC-CH. Sponsored by theIslamicate Graduate Student Association. For more information, pleasecontact Candace Mixon at [email protected] or Matthew Hotham at[email protected].

7pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: Clouds of May (Turkey) and Discussion with NavidNaderi, Duke Program in Literature Where: Richard White Lecture Hall on East Campus Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Tropes of Home: Films from the Middle East (a 5-film series)

Tue Nov 27, 2012

7pm - 8pm Event: Israeli Pizza and Soap Opera Night Where: FedEx Global Education Center Room 1005, 7 pm. Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Hebrew Program at UNC and Hillel at UNC invite you to Israeli SoapOpera & Pizza Nights Come join us for a new Israeli Soap Opera Seriesand a fascinating cultural experience. Each screening night willshowcase two episodes of the successful Israeli TV series “Serugim –First Season.” “Serugim” is an Israeli television drama which dealswith the lives of five Modern Religious Jewish single men and women inthe Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem as they attempt to navigate thefrequently contradictory worlds of contemporary Israel and traditionalobservance. The title comes from the type of Kippah (skullcap) oftenworn by members of the Religious Zionist group the series depicts,the "kippa sruga"—the crocheted kippah.

Wed Nov 28, 2012

6pm - 7pm Event: Turkish Cultural Presentation by Turkish 101 students Where: Atrium, FedEx Global Education Center Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Please join us for a special cultural presentation by the Turkish 101students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We will bepresenting various Turkish poems as well as performing a specialTurkish folk song and dance “Git Kaladan Kar Getir.” Our presentationswill include recitations of poems by famous Turkish poets Yumus Emreand Orhan Veli Kanik. For more information, please contact Zulfikar, FCanguzel at [email protected]. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

7pm - 8pm Event: Vigil for Gaza and Israel Victims Where: Wilson Library Steps, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Our campus mourns the losses of over 170 civilian lives in both Gazaand Israel after the recent violence between Israel and Hamas. Gatherwith us in front of Wilson Library for a candlelight vigil and a minuteof silence in memory of all those who have been lost. While the regionawaits a lasting political resolution to the conflict and peace, let usgather together to remember the very human cost of the ongoingfighting. Please, respectfully refrain from bringing flags, banners, orother paraphernalia. Hosted by J Street UNC. For more information,contact Lauren Donoghue at [email protected].

Thu Nov 29, 2012

1:30pm - 3:30pm Discussion: Local Imams for AMES220 Where: 240 Franklin Center Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Local Imams have been invited to attend AMES Professor Mbaye Lo's classAMES 220S Al-Qaeda's Terrorism: Roots, Responses, and Ramifications fora roundtable discussion. All are invited to attend.

6:30pm - 7:30pm Talk: Ali Colleen Neff: “I am a Woman Who Calls Allah’s Name: TheFeminine Voices of Senegalese Sufism” Where: Room 1005, FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Islam in the Global Context Speaker Series presents a lecture by AliColleen Neff, a PhD candidate in Communication Studies at UNC. Thispresentation traces the work of two Sufi Senegalese women practitionersof religious voicing. Through a series of praises directly to Allah;poems to figures in Islam and to genealogies of Sufi holy men and women; and improvised riffs and common choruses concerning the bestlife and conduct of a Sufi devotee, these women sound the connectivityof West African Islam as they wrap all within earshot in its aesthetictextures. Ali Colleen Neff draws from two years of collaborativeethnographic work with such women praise singers in Dakar to illustratethe critical importance of women’s voices to Mouride devotion andSenegalese culture. Here, an immense tradition of women’s poetic andmusical practice animate this contemporary space for feminineleadership, creativity, and a kind of social activism that oftenescapes the eye of the foreign observer. She will also show her10-minute film on the women Sufi singers of Dakar. Refreshments will beserved. Sponsored by the Carolina Seminars on Comparative IslamicStudies. For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page,https://www.facebook.com/events/510409878970875/, or contact Rose Aslan([email protected]).

7pm - 8pm Film: Gaza Hospital Where: Varsity Theater Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Films of the Middle East Film Series as part of the Ackland Film ForumFull information here:http://www. ackland.org/Visit/AdultPrograms/AcklandFilmForum/index.htm

Fri Nov 30, 2012

1pm - 2pm Talk: "Weaponizing the Weak: Creating a Model of Child Grooming intoViolent Extremist Organizations," Where: 103 Hill Hall Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Department of Public Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill is pleased toannounce a lecture by Mia Bloom, Associate Professor of InternationalStudies at Penn State University and fellow at the International Centerfor the Study of Terrorism, on Friday November 30 from 1-2pm in 103Hill Hall. Dr. Bloom’s presentation, entitled, "Weaponizing the Weak:Creating a Model of Child Grooming into Violent ExtremistOrganizations," examines the growing involvement of children interrorist organizations. Many children are forced into terroristmovements while others are exploited and groomed to become violent extremists. At the same time, the children become victimized andtraumatized by their experiences. Dr. Bloom will present a newpsychosocial model of children and terrorism, tracing the changing roleof children from victims to perpetrators while also demonstrating thedisturbing interchangeability of these roles. This new study expandsour understanding of the role of structural conditions and targetedpolicies aimed at constructing cultures of martyrdom. Dr. Bloom is aleading expert on suicide terrorism and is the author of Dying to Kill:The Allure of Suicide Terror published in 2005 by Columbia University Press. In addition to her research on terrorism, Dr. Bloom studiesethnic conflict, the strategic use of rape in war, and child soldiers.Her most recent book, Bombshell: The Many Faces of Women Terrorists,was published by Penguin in 2011. Mia's research has been featured onnumerous media outlets, including CNN and CSPAN, and she has beeninterviewed by Nightline's Ted Koppel and PBS' Jim Lehrer. She holds aPh.D. in Political Science from Columbia University, an M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University, and a B.A. in Russian and MiddleEast Studies from McGill University. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

1pm - 5pm Workshop: “Rethinking Palestine Through the Arts” Where: Room 3024 FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us for an afternoon of exploring Palestinian society through thearts. Presentations will include: · Amal Amireh, Associate Professor ofLiterature, George Mason University: "Of Heroes and Men: The Crisis ofMasculinity in the Post-Oslo Palestinian Narrative.” · Najat Rahman,Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University ofMontreal: "Rethinking the Nation through the Diasporic: Poetry in theWake of Mahmoud Darwish." · Nick Denes, Palestine Film Foundation andSubversive Film Ltd.: “Approaching the Palestinian Revolution in Film:Questions of Spectatorship and Affect.” This event is free and open tothe public. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, pleasecontact Prof. Nadia Yaqub at [email protected]. Sponsored by the UNCCollege of Arts and Sciences, the UNC Institute for the Arts andHumanities, the UNC Department of Asian Studies, Carolina Seminars,Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and MuslimCivilizations and the Duke-UNC Middle East Consortium.

Sat Dec 1, 2012

All day Conference: Changing Human Rights Activism: Atrocity Prevention for aNew Generation Sat Dec 1, 2012 - Mon Dec 3, 2012 Where: Campus Y, UNC-CH, Starts 12:00PM Saturday, and Ends 1:00PM Sunday Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: On December 1st and 2nd, some of the most passionate and committedstudent leaders of the atrocity prevention movement will convene inChapel Hill, North Carolina, to learn and discuss the newestchallenges, policy priorities, and engagement opportunities in atrocityprevention. We hope that this conference will be not only anopportunity for students to become more effective advocates for massatrocity prevention, but also act as a forum for innovative and thought-provoking dialogue. The conference will start at 12:00pm onSaturday and end at 1:00pm on Sunday. For more information please viewthe conference website and Facebook page. If you are planning to attendplease fill out the registration form here. For more information,please contact Sean Langberg at [email protected]. Hostedby Stand UNC. Co-Sponsored by Carolina Against Sex Trafficking, NCHillel, United Nations Organization, Campus Y, UNC WordSmiths, andMothering Across Continents.

6pm - 9pm Cultural Event: “1,001 Nights” Where: Great Hall, Student Union, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us for UNC’s inaugural Middle Eastern cultural showcase for onenight, immerse yourself within the ancient and sophisticated culture ofthe Middle East. 1,001 Nights will feature student dance and musicalperformances, poetry readings, cultural booths, and of course,delicious Middle Eastern food. Sponsored by the Persian StudiesProgram. Hosted by the Persian Cultural Society, Arab StudentOrganization, Turkish Student Association, and Afghan Student Association. For more information, please contact Fara Soubouti [email protected].

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: Yusuf Yavas: “A City Saves Its Heritage” Where: N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton Street, Raleigh Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Reception 6:30pm Lecture 7:00pm The N.C. Museum of History presents arare opportunity to hear firsthand about efforts to preserve the richheritage of Selçuk, located near Ephesus, one of Turkey’s major touristattractions. Selçuk is home to the 14th-century İsa Bey Mosque, theByzantine St. John Basilica, the Roman aqueduct, the one remaining column of the Temple of Artemis (one of the Seven Wonders of theAncient World), the Selçuk fort, and a regional museum. Yavaş willhighlight how Selçuk is trying to balance the initiatives to preservethe city’s heritage while preparing future economic opportunities forthe region. He will discuss the tensions this brings, and he will shareideas that might combine the two efforts. Yavaş studied classicalarchaeology at Erzurum Atatürk University and has worked for the Selçuk municipality since 2004. One of his recent projects took him to theZeugma salvage excavations in southeastern Turkey. The lecture seriesis made possible through the support of the American Friends of Turkey.Parking is available in the lot across Wilmington Street. For moreinformation about the N.C. Museum of History, call 919-807-7900 orvisit the museum’s webpage or Facebook event page. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Sun Dec 2, 2012

Mon Dec 3, 2012

5:30pm - 6:30pm The Scrolls of the Judean Desert: Who Wrote Them, and Why? Where: Hyde Hall Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: [email protected] Description: RACHEL ELIOR, professor of Jewish Philosophy at Hebrew University, willfocus on the identity of the writers of the Dead Sea Scrolls and willexplore why the identity of the writers is rarely discussed or debated.

7pm - 8pm Event: Israeli Culture Night 2012 - Life in the Kibbutz Where: New West 219 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace

Tue Dec 4, 2012

5:30pm - 7:30pm LGBT Representation and Rights: Introducing a New Research Initiativeat UNC-CH Where: Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The LGBT Representation and Rights research initiative will be launchedby the Curriculum in Global Studies at the University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill in the spring of 2013. Please join us for a paneldiscussion with the following speakers: · Andrew Reynolds, AssociateProfessor of Political Science and Chair, Curriculum in Global Studies,“LGBT Members of Parliament: A global study” · Holning Lau, AssociateProfessor of Law, “LGBT Rights in Asia” · Maxine Eichner, Reef C. IveyII Professor of Law, “From Amendment 1 to the 2012 Elections:Deciphering Current Rights of Same-Sex Couples in North Carolina" Wewill investigate the link between LGBT representation and substantiverights, in the political realm and beyond. The initiative will employgraduate and undergraduate research assistants, bring in domestic andinternational speakers to campus, and publish a policy paper series onrelevant topics. Our aim is to have a broad focus beyond that of politics and elective office; as such we will offer panels and paperson: LGBT representation and presence in the media, arts, sports,business, the judiciary, and education, etc. If you have questionsabout this event, please contact Alissandra Stoyan [email protected].

Fri Dec 7, 2012

4pm - 6pm Seminar: Conspiring Bastards: Saddam Hussein's Strategic View of theUnited States by Hal Brands Where: Boyd Seminar Room, Carr Building, Duke University East Campus Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Led by Hal Brands, Duke University Part of the "History of theMilitary, War, and Society" http://www.unc. edu/mhss seminar series,sponsored by the Triangle Institute for Security Studieshttp://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/tiss. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Sun Dec 9, 2012

6pm - 7pm Lecture: Rabbi David Ellenson (Hebrew Union College-JIR) on “JewishPeoplehood in the Jewish State: Marriage, Conversion, and the Future ofIsrael” Where: Nasher Museum of Art Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: We are very excited to be hosting Rabbi David Ellenson on campus injust a few weeks for our annual Rudnick Lecture – and we are alsoexcited to combine this event with a gala celebration of our 40thanniversary in Jewish Studies – to be held at the Nasher Museum of Artin connection with the newly-opened exhibit “Collecting Matisse andModern Masters: the Cone Sisters of Baltimore.” This should be a veryexciting event – and I would be grateful if you would share thefollowing information with your various constituencies. The Duke Centerfor Jewish Studies and the Office of Global Strategy and Programspresent the 2012 Annual Rudnick lecture by Rabbi David Ellenson (HebrewUnion College-JIR) on “Jewish Peoplehood in the Jewish State: Marriage,Conversion, and the Future of Israel” to be held at the Nasher Museumof Art, http: //nasher.duke.edu/ on December 9, 2012 at 6:00pm. RabbiEllenson’s lecture will followed by a gala reception celebrating the40th Anniversary of the Duke Center for Jewish Studies. The galaincludes free admission to the new exhibit “Collecting Matisse andModern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore.”http://www.nasher.duke.edu/matisse/ This event is free and open to thepublic – RSVP required to [email protected]

Sat Dec 15, 2012

6:30pm - 10pm Fundraiser Dinner for Syria: Muslims Without Borders ft. Omar Offendum Where: McKimmon Center 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Please join the Triangle chapter of Muslims Without Borders for afundraiser dinner to fund food and medical aid to Syrians unable toleave the country. The program will feature images and videos frominside Syria, poetry and spoken word, a silent auction, and aperformance by Syrian-American hip-hop artist Omar Offendum. Dinnerwill be catered by Jasmins, and there will be complementary babysittingfor children 12 and under. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.You may purchase tickets in advance online. Please contact Huda Bhatti([email protected]) or call (919) 757- 1525 for more information.

Sun Jan 6, 2013

7:30pm - 8:30pm Panel Discussion: “Is Time on Israel’s Side?” Where: Beth El Synagogue 1004 Watts Street, Durham Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: 1967 was 45 years ago. Almost half a century. For almost half acentury, Israel and the Palestinians have failed to resolve theirconflict. That's several generations on both sides now that have grownup knowing nothing but violence and despair."Peace has become a dirtyword in Israel", they tell us. "Now is not the time to pursue peace",we hear. No one can claim that the conditions for Israel to pursuepeace are ideal. But if the choice is to wait and hope things get better, we have to ask ourselves, is time is on Israel's side?Panelists:- · Lt. Col. Timothy Nichols (ret.) – Sanford School of Public Policy,Duke University- · Prof. Bruce Jentleson - Advisor to President Obama and Professor atSanford School of Public Policy, Duke University- · Shai Tamari – Associate Director, Carolina Center for the Study ofthe Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, UNC-CH Open and free to thepublic. Please RSVP here. For more information, please contact JoeElinoff at [email protected]. Sponsored by J Street Triangle.

Fri Jan 11, 2013

3:30pm - 5:30pm Presentation: Dr. Toan Phan: “Growth & Arab Spring Revolutions” Where: Gardner Hall 211, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Dr. Phan, Associate Professor of Economics at UNC-CH, and co-authorLance Kent of William & Mary will present their latest research on theArab Spring revolutions. For more information on their research, pleasevisit Dr. Phan’ s webpage. This event is free and open to the public.For more information, please contact Prof. Toan Phan [email protected]. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

6:30pm - 10pm Event: Amjad Sabri Qawwali Where: Cary Arts Center 101 Dry Ave, Cary, 27511 Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Come enjoy the Qawwali music of Amjad Sabri on Friday, January 11.Tickets are $29 and may be purchased online or from the Cary ArtsCenter Box Office, (919) 469-4069. Baby-sitting services will beoffered upon RSVP by calling (919) 412-7008. Vegetarian andnon-vegetarian halal dinner will also be available for purchase fromthe Chefs of India restaurant. For directions and parking information,contact Babar Baig at (919) 491-0733 or Baljeet Singh at (919)347-1377. For more information regarding the concert, please contactAmardeep Bajaj at (919) 274-0988.

7pm - 8pm Film: “Five Broken Cameras” (Oscar nominated) Where: Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist 106 Purefoy Road(corner of Mason Farm road), Chapel Hill Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Since 2005, citizens of Bil’in have held weekly demonstrations againstthe building of the Israeli separation wall through the community’sagricultural lands and the encroachment of illegal settlements. The demonstrators are joined by Israeli and international peace activists,and have maintained a commitment to non-violent methods of resistancein spite of armed, military opposition that has resulted in manyinjuries and some deaths. These demonstrations are the subject of thisdocumentary film, made by Emad Burnat, whose brother, Iyad Burnat, willgive a talk, Non-Violent Popular Resistance in Palestine, 7:30 PM,Tuesday, January 29, at the same location. See the trailer here. Sponsored by: Charles M. Jones Peace and Justice Committee of theCommunity Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist, Coalition forPeace with Justice, Jews for a Just Peace, and Unitarian Universalistsfor Justice in the Middle East. For more information, please contactMargaret Misch at 919-942-2535 or at [email protected].

Mon Jan 14, 2013

7pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: 5 Broken Cameras Where: Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist, 106 PurefoyRoad at corner of Mason Farm Road Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Since 2005, citizens of Bil’in have held weekly demonstrations againstthe building of the Israeli separation wall through the community’sagricultural lands and the encroachment of illegal settlements. Thedemonstrators are joined by Israeli and international peace activists,and have maintained a commitment to non-violent methods of resistance in spite of armed, military opposition that has resulted in manyinjuries and some deaths. These demonstrations are the subject of thisdocumentary film, made by Emad Burnat, whose brother, Iyad Burnat, willgive a talk, Non-Violent Popular Resistance in Palestine, 7:30 PM,Tuesday, January 29, Community Church of Chapel Hill UnitarianUniversalist, 106 Purefoy Road at corner of Mason Farm Road. Sponsoredby Charles M. Jones Peace and Justice Committee of the Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist, Coalition for Peace withJustice, Jews for a Just Peace, and Unitarian Universalists for Justicein the Middle East. For more information:http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/467372/5-Broken-Cameras/overview,http: //trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/5brokencameras/,919-942-2535.

Tue Jan 15, 2013

7pm - 8pm Panel Discussion Series: Human Rights - America and Islam Where: Umstead Park United Church of Christ 8208 Brownleigh Drive Raleigh, NC27617 Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us as we discuss the Muslim American human rights experience in aseries of three panel discussions. The panels will consist of expertsin the topic areas, which will include: Culture v. Islam, Women andIslam, Sharia law and human rights, Islamophobia, Islam and democracy,and Islamic reform. For more information, please contact Anjabeen Ashraf: [email protected]. Sponsored by Amnesty International Raleigh. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Wed Jan 16, 2013

7:30pm - 8:30pm Lecture: Dr. Stephen Zunes: “Israel/Palestine and US Middle EastForeign Policy: Building a Movement for Change” Where: Carol Woods Retirement Center, Community room 750 Weaver Dairy Rd,Chapel Hill, 27514 Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Dr. Stephen Zunes, Chapel Hill native, is a Professor of Politics andInternational Studies at the University of San Francisco, where hechairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies. Recognized as one thecountry’s leading scholars of U.S. Middle East policy and of strategicnonviolent action, he was honored in 2002 by the Peace and StudiesAssociation as Peace Scholar of the Year. He serves as a senior policyanalyst for the Foreign Policy in Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies, an associate editor of Peace Review, a contributingeditor of Tikkun, and chair of the academic advisory committee for theInternational Center on Nonviolent Conflict. An early critic of the USinvasion of Iraq, he predicted the fallout of the return to open ethnicand sectarian violent conflict and terrorism. He has criticized USforeign policy that backs Arab dictatorships and the Israeli occupationof Palestine. Dr. Zunes calls for basing Israel/Palestine peace uponinternational law that recognizes both legitimate Israeli security andthe rights of the Palestinian people. Professor Zunes received his PhD.from Cornell University. He regularly publishes his commentary/analysison current events at www.stephenzunes.org. For more information, pleasecontact Peggy Rafferty at [email protected]. Sponsored by theCoalition for Peace with Justice.

Thu Jan 17, 2013

7:30pm - 8:30pm Lecture: Dr. Stephen Zunes: “Israel/Palestine and US Middle EastForeign Policy: Building a Movement for Change” Where: Olin Binkley Memorial Baptist Church 1712 Willow Drive, Chapel Hill27514 Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Dr. Stephen Zunes, Chapel Hill native, is a Professor of Politics andInternational Studies at the University of San Francisco, where hechairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies. Recognized as one thecountry’s leading scholars of U.S. Middle East policy and of strategicnonviolent action, he was honored in 2002 by the Peace and StudiesAssociation as Peace Scholar of the Year. He serves as a senior policyanalyst for the Foreign Policy in Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies, an associate editor of Peace Review, a contributingeditor of Tikkun, and chair of the academic advisory committee for theInternational Center on Nonviolent Conflict. An early critic of the USinvasion of Iraq, he predicted the fallout of the return to open ethnicand sectarian violent conflict and terrorism. He has criticized USforeign policy that backs Arab dictatorships and the Israeli occupationof Palestine. Dr. Zunes calls for basing Israel/Palestine peace uponinternational law that recognizes both legitimate Israeli security andthe rights of the Palestinian people. Professor Zunes received his PhD.from Cornell University. He regularly publishes his commentary/analysison current events at www.stephenzunes.org. For more information, pleasecontact Peggy Rafferty at [email protected]. Sponsored by theCoalition for Peace with Justice.

Tue Jan 22, 2013

4pm - 5pm Lecture: Prof. William Leuchtenburg: “US Presidents and Foreign Policy:from Harry Truman to Barack Obama” Where: Hamilton Room 569, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Part of “The U.S. in World Affairs: The Cold War & Beyond,” a lectureseries organized by the Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professorshipin co-operation with the Department of History and the Center forEuropean Studies at UNC Chapel Hill. William Leuchtenburg is theWilliam Rand Kenan, Jr. professor emeritus at UNC Chapel Hill. He isone of the nation's most eminent and distinguished presidentialhistorians. He is a leading scholar of the life and politics ofFranklin Roosevelt and other 20th century American presidents. He isthe author of more than a dozen books. He also was the holder of theHarmsworth chair at Oxford University. William Leuchtenburg wasPresident of the American Historical Association, the Organization ofAmerican Historians and the Society of Historians of American ForeignRelations. As hardly any other historian, William Leuchtenburg hasgreatly shaped the writing of the history of twentieth century America.This event is free and open to the public. For more information, pleasecontact Klaus Larres ([email protected]). Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Wed Jan 23, 2013

12pm - 1pm Lecture: Bruce Lawerence "Minor Matters" Where: 240 John Hope Franklin Center Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The title evokes the subject of Lawrence's Carnegie Project(2008-2010): minority citizenship in places of Africa and Asia thathave mixed communities, communities that might be religiously marked asChristian and Muslim, even though each has other cultural, linguistic,ethnic, and locational markings. The key issue is not minorities orreligion, but citizenship and public space. Neither Islam norChristianity is an independent variable, neither Muslims norChristians, autonomous religious actors. So how does one avoid whatLawrence calls the vortex of circularity while also engaging the everyday pragmatics of citizenship in communities marked as Christianand Muslim? That is the challenge of his Carnegie project, and also thetopic of this Wednesday @ the Center discussion.

4pm - 5pm Lecture: Eren Tasar, 'Proud to be Soviet', or Islam's Improbable Fatein Communist Central Asia Where: 569 Hamilton Hall Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace

Thu Jan 24, 2013

4pm - 5:30pm Lecture: Dr. Robert Jones: “Religious Minorities in America: Islam inContext” Where: 240 John Hope Franklin Center, Duke Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Dr. Robert P. Jones is the founding CEO of the Public Religion ResearchInstitute and a leading scholar and commentator on religion, values,and public life. He is the author of two academic books and numerouspeer-review articles on religion and public policy. Dr. Jones writes aweekly “Figuring Faith” column at the Washington Post’s On Faithsection. Dr. Jones serves on the national steering committees for boththe Religion and Politics Section and the Religion and the SocialSciences Section at the American Academy of Religion and is a member ofthe editorial board for “Politics and Religion,” a journal of theAmerican Political Science Association. He is also an active member ofthe Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the Society ofChristian Ethics, and the American Association of Public OpinionResearch. He holds a Ph.D. in religion from Emory University, where hespecialized in sociology of religion, politics, and religious ethics.He also holds a M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.For more information, please visit the event website. Sponsored by theDuke Islamic Studies Center (DISC), ISLAMiCommentary, Kenan Institutefor Ethics, Duke Religion Department, and Center for Muslim Life.

5pm - 8:30pm Film: In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), directed by Angelina Jolie Where: FedEx Global Center • Nelson Mandela Auditorium Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Movie Screening: In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), directed byAngelina Jolie. Discussion following the film with: DUBRAVKA ZARKOV(Erasmus University Rotterdam, The International Institute of SocialStudies) ROBERT JENKINS (UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Slavic, Eurasianand East European Studies) JOANNE HERSHFIELD (UNC-Chapel HillDepartment of Women’s and Gender Studies) Moderated by: KAREN HAGEMANN(UNC-Chapel Hill Department of History) Co- Conveners: UNC-Chapel HillCenter for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies; Curriculum inPeace, War and Defense; Department of Women’s and Gender Studies; UNCCenter for Global Initiatives; and the West Triangle Chapter of the United Nations Association.

7pm - 8pm Event: US Drone Policy Where: Sanford 05, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: We here at Duke AHS (Alexander Hamilton Society) hope everyone had arelaxing holiday break. We are excited to let you know about our firstevent this spring. On Thursday, January 24th at 7:00 pm, Major GeneralCharles Dunlap, Jr. of the Duke Law School (USAF, Ret.) and RobertNaiman of the Huffington Post and Just Foreign Policy will be discussing the pros and cons of U.S. drone policies. The event willtentatively be held in Sanford 04 (ground level) and refreshments willbe provided, as always. Facebook event info:https://www.facebook.com/events/491885150854831/ Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Fri Jan 25, 2013

4pm - 6pm Lecture: Masculinity, Sexual Violence, and Ethnicity in the 1990s Warson the Balkan and Beyond by Dubravka Zarkov Where: 4:00–6:00 pm • Duke University • East Campus • Carr Building • BoydSeminar Room Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Public Lecture: DUBRAVKA ZARKOV (Erasmus University Rotterdam, TheInternational Institute of Social Studies) Masculinity, SexualViolence, and Ethnicity in the 1990s Wars on the Balkan and Beyond Partof the Duke-UNC "Gender, War, and Culture" http://gwc.web.unc.eduseries , cosponsored by the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, the UNC Curriculum in Peace, War andDefense, and the UNC Department of Women’s and Gender Studies.

Mon Jan 28, 2013

7:30pm - 8:30pm Lecture: Excavations in the Ancient Village and Synagogue of Huqoq inIsrael's Galilee Where: William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: JODI MAGNESS, distinguished professor at UNC, will share images anddescribe the results of her excavations in the ancient Galilean villageof Huqoq, where a stunning mosaic floor decorating a synagogue of theLate Roman and Byzantine periods (fourth to sixth centuries C.E.) wasdiscovered in June 2012. Co-sponsored by: Department of Religious Studies.

Tue Jan 29, 2013

5:30pm - 6:30pm Lecture: Ambassador Philip Reeker: The Balkans: from War and 'EthnicCleansing' to Democratization and Integration into Europe Where: FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Philip T. Reeker, deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasianaffairs and former U.S. ambassador to Macedonia, will visit theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.During his visit, he will give a talk on "The Balkans: from Warand 'Ethnic Cleansing' to Democratization and Integration into Europe"at 5:30 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx GlobalEducation Center. His remarks will consider the complex history andpolitics of this volatile region from the Bosnian war in the early1990s to the promising democratic developments of the present. Ambassador Reeker’s visit to UNC is in conjunction with the“Ambassadors Forum” organized by the Richard M. Krasno DistinguishedProfessorship, the Center for European Studies and the Department ofHistory. The forum brings to campus prominent diplomats, politiciansand business leaders to give public lectures and conduct seminars andworkshops for graduate students. Students have the opportunity toengage first-hand with international leaders and obtain insights intothe practical application of their study of history, political science,European studies and international relations. For additional information, please email Erica Edwards [email protected] or KlausLarres [email protected] .

7:30pm - 8:30pm Lecture: Non-Violent Popular Resistance in Palestine with Iyad Burnat Where: Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist 106 Purefoy Roadat corner of Mason Farm Road Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Head of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, West Bank Speaks Born in thebeleaguered town of Bil’in in September 1973, Iyad Burnat becameinvolved in popular resistance as a teenager and was arrested by theIsraeli military for the first time at age 17. He was accused ofthrowing stones and imprisoned for two years. Since then he has been arrested and imprisoned by the Israeli military several more times. Heis married and has four children. Iyad’s brother, Emad Burnat, is thephotographer of the award-winning documentary film, 5 Broken Cameras.Iyad will tell the stories of Bil’in and life in the occupied WestBank, and talk about strategies for non-violent popular resistance witha goal of peace and prosperity for all people. Sponsored by Charles M.Jones Peace and Justice Committee of the Community Church of ChapelHill Unitarian Universalist, Coalition for Peace with Justice, Jews fora Just Peace, and Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the MiddleEast. For more information call Margaret Misch at 919-942-2535. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Wed Jan 30, 2013

12pm - 1pm Lecture: Mbaye Lo & Cairo 2012 "Witnessing History: Duke StudentsReflect on Egyptian Runoff" Where: Franklin Center Room 240 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Please join us for our next Wednesday at the Center, featuring MbayeLo & Cairo 2012 Students, who will be discussing their experience withthe Egyptian Elections on Jan 30 at 12pm in Franklin Center room 240. Alight lunch will be provided. DukeEngage Cairo 2012 students witnessedthe run-off elections between the current Egyptian President MuhammedMorsi and the former Primer Minister of President Husni Mubrak, AhmedShafik. This was the first free and fair election in the history ofEgypt. It was historic in its uniqueness, political anxiety and endresult. This panel of DukeEngagers will revisit and share their uniqueexperience regarding the elections

4pm - 5pm Lecture: Danielle Ross, 'We Fight for the Tsar, Allahu Akbar!': ViewingRussia's First World War through Volga Muslim Peasant 'Soldier Ballads' Where: 569 Hamilton Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: The Israeli Elections and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Where: Graham Memorial, Room 011 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join Professor Tamari for an incredible discussion of theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict from an institutional and politicalperspective. How do the domestic politics of a nation contribute tointernational disputes and humanitarian crises? Professor Tamari willexamine the history and structure of the Israeli elections and theireffect on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Shai Tamari is theassociate director of the Carolina Center for the Study of the MiddleEast and Muslim Civilizations. He is also a lecturer under theCurriculum in Peace, War, and Defense. Born and raised in Jerusalem,Professor Tamari specializes in the history and politics of theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict, is fluent in Hebrew, and is a continuingstudent of Arabic. He was also the foreign policy advisor underCongressman James P. Moran (D-VA). Some of his awards include the UNCRotary Peace Fellowship and the Kathryn Davis Peace Fellowship in 2008

Thu Jan 31, 2013

7pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: Turkey's Tigers Where: the Varsity Theater Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Free and open to the public. Part of the Global Cinema of the MiddleEast Film Series, Ackland Film Forum

Fri Feb 1, 2013

12pm - 1pm Col. Morris Davis: “Confronting Torture: How It Makes America Less Safe” Where: Caldwell Hall G107, NC State University Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Colonel Morris Davis will deliver a talk on practices of torture in theU.S. military. Col. Davis served in the U.S. Air Force from 1983 to2008. He was the chief prosecutor for the military commissions atGuantanamo Bay from 2005 to 2007. Col. Davis resigned from thatposition because he objected to the use of evidence obtained by tortureand due to political interference in the trials. Col. Davis iscurrently an assistant professor at the Howard University School ofLaw. For parking information, visit herehttp://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/trans/visitors/index.html. For moreinformation on the event, please call (919) 637-7678. Sponsored by NCSUPolitical Science Department and North Carolina Stop Torture Now.

Wed Feb 6, 2013

4pm - 5pm Lecture: Masha Kirasirova, The Eastern International: Soviet CentralAsia and the Afro- Asian Colonial World Where: Hamilton 569 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion: “Arc of Empire: America's Wars in Asia from the Philippinesto Vietnam” FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 Where: FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Michael Hunt and Steve Levine will discuss empire and the trajectory ofAmerican involvement in Asia from 1898 to 1975. This talk will touchupon the Asian dimensions of the wars, on the role of China, and therelevance of their book Arc of Empire to more recent Americanimperial-style ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael H. Hunt isEmerson professor emeritus at UNC-Chapel Hill. His most recent booksinclude The American Ascendancy: How the United States Gained andWielded Global Dominance and A Vietnam War Reader: A DocumentaryHistory from American and Vietnamese Perspectives as well as Arc ofEmpire. Steven I. Levine is Research Faculty Associate, Department ofHistory, the University of Montana. He served as founding director ofthe Carolina Asia Center at UNC, 2002-2004, and taught in theDepartment of Asian Studies. Free parking is available under the FedExGlobal Education Center beginning at 5pm. For more information, contactStephanie Nelson ([email protected]). Sponsored by the CarolinaAsia Center.

Thu Feb 7, 2013

4:30pm - 5:30pm Lecture: "Copts of Egypt and the Arab Spring: Internal Developments andExternal Challenges." Where: JHFC Room 240 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Febe Armanios will not be able to attend.

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: Rachana Rao Umashankar, Anthropology, UNC, Strangers in aStrange Land: Problematizing Language in South Asian Scholarship Where: GEC 1005 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Islam in the Global Context Speaker Series

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: “Transforming Development and Diplomacy through Science,Technology, and Innovation” Where: McClendon Auditorium, The Fuqua School of Business Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: “Transforming Development and Diplomacy through Science, Technology,and Innovation” Dr. Alex Dehgan, Science & Technology Adviser to theAdministrator, USAID, and former Afghanistan Country Director for theWildlife Conservation Society’s Afghanistan Biodiversity ConservationProgram. Thursday, February 7th, 6:30-7:30pm McClendon Auditorium, TheFuqua School of BusinessThe explosive development of wealth, health and opportunity in what wecall “the developed world” over the past two centuries has been, to agreat extent driven by unprecedented advances in science, technologyand innovation. The goal of development aid is, simply stated, toenable the same “era of development” to embrace the entire planet.Science and technology writ large, is the most powerful way to leapfrogtraditional development barriers, and get away from the idea that wemust recreate the last 200 years of development. However, fordevelopment to be successful, we must move from gradualistic,evolutionary growth to revolutionary change. The Democratization of Science and Technology coupled with increases in connectivity havetransformed opportunities for leveraging the power of S&T to advancedevelopment. Technology can’t solve every problem we face, but newtools can change the reality of what is possible. In order to leavebehind generational legacies of success, we have to harness thispotential in a fundamentally new way, enabling countries to leapfrogslower, dirtier, and more traditional development paths. These will become the economies of the future, where American ingenuity willeither serve at the forefront of economic engagement with a rapidlygrowing middle class or cede ground to others. Presented by: · SocialEntrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) · Center for theAdvancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE), Fuqua School ofBusiness · International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Deliver,Duke School of Medicine · Duke Global Health Institute · Duke Centerfor International Development Event Details: ·https://fuqua.campusgroups.com/case/rsvp?id=144239 Biography of Dr.Alex Dehgan Alex Dehgan, a Duke grad, is the Science and TechnologyAdviser to the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the first dedicated Agency science adviser in two decades.Prior to coming to USAID, Dr. Dehgan worked in multiple positions inthe Office of the Secretary at the Department of State where hedeveloped a science diplomacy strategy towards addressing our mostchallenging foreign policy issues in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan. As thefounding Afghanistan Country Director for the Wildlife ConservationSociety’s Afghanistan Biodiversity Conservation Program, Alex led WCSto create Afghanistan’s first national park and conduct the firstcomprehensive biological surveys of the country in 30 years. Dr. Dehganholds a Ph.D and M.Sc. from The University of Chicago’s Committee onEvolutionary Biology, where he focused on understanding extinction andadaptation, a JD from the University of California, Hastings College ofthe Law, and BS in Zoology and Political Science from Duke University.He was chosen as an “Icon of Science” bySeed Magazine in 2005, receivedthe World Technology Award for Policy in 2011, and has been recognizedthrough multiple awards from the Departments of State and Defense, andthe US Agency for International Development. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Mon Feb 11, 2013

6:30pm - 7:30pm Film Screening & Discussion: “The Great Book Robbery” with DirectorBenny Brunner Where: Chapman 201, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: On May 15, Palestinians mark the anniversary of the Nakbah, the periodbetween 1947 and 1949 when Palestinians were displaced and expelledfrom Palestine by Zionist militias. As well as land and properties, alesser-known aspect of that expulsion is the looting of Palestinianhomes over their cultural treasures, among them books, manuscripts, personal papers, photographs and works of art. The Great Book Robberytells the story of year 1948’s systematic looting of tens of thousandsof Palestinian books in a joint operation by the Haganah - what becamethe Israeli army - and the Israeli national library. Click here for thefilm trailer. For more information, contact Chas Kissick([email protected]). Sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine.

Tue Feb 12, 2013

7pm - 8pm Danny Seidemann: “Spatial Shaping: The Current Dynamics of theIsrael-Palestine Conflict in Jerusalem” Where: Sanford School of Public Policy, Room 05 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Danny Seidemann will lead a conversation about the urgent situation inEast Jerusalem, the policies that have led to the current crisis, theefforts of Palestinian and Israeli activists to pull the city back fromthe brink, and the role of the Obama Administration in preventingdevelopments in Jerusalem from destroying the chance for an equitable,sustainable resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. DannySeidemann is an Israeli attorney and founder/director of the IsraeliNGO Terrestrial Jerusalem. After litigating a variety of cases inIsraeli courts and working for more than 20 years on the most sensitiveissues related to Jerusalem, Danny has come to be universally regardedas the world's leading expert on geopolitical Jerusalem. His analysisis relied upon by negotiators and the international community. He isfrequently cited in top Israeli, Arab and international media, and is aretired Reserve Major in Israel's Defense Forces. For more information, please contact Samantha Lachman ([email protected]). Sponsoredby J Street Duke, J Street UNC, and J Street.

Thu Feb 14, 2013

4pm - 5pm Lecture: “Forensic Architecture in Israel and Palestine” Where: Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) Smith Warehouse, Bay 5 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Eyal Weizman uses the term “forensic,” derived from the Latin forensis,“forum,” to reconstruct the history of attacks on and violations ofbuildings. Drawing from the fields of judicial medicine and psychiatry,“Forensic Architecture” serves in revisiting damaged Palestinian housesand ruins. For more information, please visit:http://www.fhi.duke. edu/events/eyal-weizman-lecture

4pm - 6pm Prof. Eyal Weizman: “Forensic Architecture in Israel and Palestine” Where: C105 Garage, Bay 4 Smith Warehouse, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Prof. Eyal Weizman uses the term “forensic,” derived from the Latinforensis, “forum,” to reconstruct the history of attacks on andviolations of buildings. Drawing from the fields of judicial medicineand psychiatry, “Forensic Architecture” serves in revisiting damagedPalestinian houses and ruins. Eyal Weizman is an architect, professorand director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths,University of London. He is the recipient of the James Stirling Memorial Lecture Prize for 2006-2007 and a co-recipient of the 2010Prince Claus Prize for Architecture (with Sandy Hilal and AlessandroPetti for DAAR). Weizman’s books includeMengele's Skull (with ThomasKeenan at Sternberg Press 2012), Forensic Architecture (notebook,2012), The Least of all Possible Evils (Nottetempo 2009, Verso 2011),Hollow Land (Verso, 2007), and Civilian Occupation (coedited with RafiSegal and David Tartakover; Verso, 2003). For more information, please visit here or contact Serena Elliott ([email protected]).Sponsors: Duke Center for Jewish Studies, Duke Islamic Studies Center,Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)and Duke University Middle East Studies Center. Eyal Weizman’s visit ispart of the “Rethinking Israel” series, which is generously sponsoredby the Sara and E.J. Evans Fund. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

6pm - 7:30pm Wheeler M. Thackston, "Autobiography, Memoirs, and Apotheosis:Histories of the Mughal Emperors of India" Where: Room 1005, FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The first four emperors of Mughal India left unusual records of theirreigns. The first, Babur (r. 1525–1530), wrote an autobiography.Memoirs of the second, Humayun (r. 1530–1556), were written by hissister, by one of his personal servants, and by a soldier in his army.The third, Akbar (r. 1556–1605), illiterate himself, was chronicled inone of the most ambitious regnal histories ever conceived. The fourth,Jahangir (r. 1605–1627), recorded his daily activities and thoughts in his own journal. In this talk, by the editor and translator of all ofthese works, their literary styles and historical value will be assessed. Wheeler M. Thackston, Jr., Emeritus Professor of the Practiceof Persian at Harvard University, is a leading scholar of Near Easternstudies. He has published numerous language textbooks and translationsof mystical, philosophical, and historical texts from Persian, Arabic,Kurdish, Turkish, and Syriac. For more information, please contactMatthew Hotham at [email protected]. Sponsored by the IslamicateGraduate Student Association, UNC Persian Studies Program, the CarolinaCenter for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, andDuke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies.

6:30pm - 7:30pm Film Screening: “Hadewijch” Where: Nelson Mandela Auditorium FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: 20-year-old Céline is expelled from a nunnery for her over-zealousfaith and returns to the secular world where she meets rebelliousteenager Yassine and his older brother, Nassir, whose religious fervormirror’s Céline’s own. Hadewijch explores the relentless pursuit offaith in both Christianity and Islam—and what drives certain believersto acts of extreme violence. The film will be screened in French withEnglish subtitles. Refreshments will be served at 6:30pm and thescreening is at 7:00pm. Please visit here for the film trailer. Thisevent is free and open to the public. For more information, pleasecontact Maury Bruhn ([email protected]). Part of the The TournéesFestival, a program of FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), inpartnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

6:30pm - 7:30pm Film Screening: “Hadewijch” Where: Nelson Mandela Auditorium FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: 20-year-old Céline is expelled from a nunnery for her over-zealousfaith and returns to the secular world where she meets rebelliousteenager Yassine and his older brother, Nassir, whose religious fervourmirror’s Céline’s own. Hadewijch explores the relentless pursuit offaith in both Christianity and Islam—and what drives certain believersto acts of extreme violence. The film will be screened in French withEnglish subtitles. Refreshments will be served at 6:30pm and thescreening is at 7:00pm. Please visit here for the film trailer. Thisevent is free and open to the public. For more information, pleasecontact Maury Bruhn ([email protected]). Part of the The TournéesFestival, a program of FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), inpartnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: Recent Trends in Climate, Development and Food Security inNorthern Burkina Faso Where: FedEx Global Education Center, Conference Room 4003 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Colin West, of the UNC Department of Anthropology, focuses his researchon ways in which societies adapt to the twin processes of globalenvironmental and social change. His talk is part of the CarolinaSeminar in African Ecology and Social Processes. A light dinner will beserved. This lecture is free and open to all area faculty and graduatestudents in any discipline. For more information please contact StaceySewall, [email protected]

Sat Feb 16, 2013

All day Event: 10th Annual Duke-UNC Islamic Studies Graduate Conference: “(De-)Centering Islam and the Question of Authenticity” Sat Feb 16, 2013 - Mon Feb 18, 2013 Where: Franklin Center 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: During our conference we hope to examine the question of authenticityas constructed, performed, and challenged in Islamic traditions thatpresume a discursive center. A corollary concern of this inquiry iswhether assertions of authenticity in Islam need rely on acenter-periphery dynamic: we see much evidence for arguments in favorof as well as against this interpretation. For more information, pleasecontact [email protected]. Co-sponsored by the Duke Islamic StudiesCenter, UNC-Islamicate Graduate Student Association, Duke UniversityMiddle East Center (DUMESC),Persian Studies at UNC, and the CarolinaCenter for the Study of Middle East and Muslim Civilizations.http://islamicstudiesconf.web. unc.edu Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Sun Feb 17, 2013

Mon Feb 18, 2013

4pm - 6pm Lecture: George W. Bush & Saddam Hussein: Why Did the US Go to WarAgainst Iraq in March 2003? Where: Hamilton Hall, Room 56 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: This event is part of “The U.S. in World Affairs: The Cold War &Beyond,” a lecture series organized by the Richard M. KrasnoDistinguished Professorship in cooperation with the Department ofHistory and the Center for European Studies at UNC Chapel Hill. Thelecture will be given by Melvyn Leffler, an Edward Stettinius Professorof History at the University of Virginia. Melvyn P. Leffler is a formerWilson Center public policy scholar and the Edward R. Stettiniusprofessor of history in the department of history at the University ofVirginia (UVA). Leffler has served as the dean of the College of Artsand Sciences at UVA and as president of the Society of Historians ofAmerican Foreign Relations. Formerly, he has been a fellow at theNorwegian Nobel Institute and the United States Institute of Peace.Leffler served in the office of the Secretary of Defense during theCarter Administration, where he worked on arms control and contingencyplanning as a fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is now aFaculty Associate at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.

4:30pm - 6pm Lecture: Prof. Brinda Mehta: “Walling Baghdad: Tactics of War, Gender,and Resistance Poetry” Where: 240 John Hope Franklin Center Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Brinda Mehta, Professor of French and Francophone Studies, MillsCollege, will lecture on the politics of walls and borders to show howthese concrete barriers have fractured the city of Baghdad, as shown incontemporary Iraqi poetry. This presentation focuses on the ways inwhich borders both define and delimit the identity ofsubaltern "Others." It then demonstrates how literature provides acounter-occupation resistance narrative to reclaim identity andsubjectivity. Brinda Mehta holds the Germaine Thompson Professorship inFrench Studies at Mills College. For more information, please visit the event website or contact Kelly Schwehm ([email protected]).Sponsored by the Duke Middle East Studies Center and Duke Asian andMiddle Eastern Studies.

7pm - 8:30pm Event: Turkish Coffee Night Where: 743 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill Turkish House Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Turkish Student Association (TSA) at UNC-Chapel Hill is proud toannounce our second Coffee Day of the year, this coming Monday,February 18th from 7pm to 8:30pm. There will be Turkish music, games, avideo on Turkish coffee and tea, and a surprise interview on Turkey! Ofcourse, there will be delicious Turkish coffee to drink, too. It willbe at the Turkish House (Turk Evi) at 743 East Franklin St., ChapelHill, NC. A TSA member will walk people over to the Turkish House fromthe Robertson Bus Stop at 6:45pm. For more information, please contactTSA at [email protected], or via our facebook page: Turkish StudentAssociation at UNC Chapel Hill. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Tue Feb 19, 2013

5pm - 7pm Film Screening: “Je Porte Le Voile” Where: Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: “Je porte le voile” (“I wear the veil”) tells the story of NatashaIvisic who converted to Islam 16 years ago. Three years after the birthof her daughter, Amina, she decided to begin wearing the traditionalIslamic veil. Today at age thirteen, it is Amina’s turn to wear it.Discussion will be let by UNC’s Dr. Dominique Fisher. Part of theReOrienting the Veil Film Series. Free and open to the public. Visithere to view the trailer. For more information, please contact SaharAmer ([email protected]).

Thu Feb 21, 2013

4pm - 5:30pm Lecture: Prof. John Agresto: “Freedom After Tyranny: Rebuilding theLife of the Mind in a Post- Saddam Iraq” Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240 Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Professor John Agresto will shed a new light on the unfolding debaclesin Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East and how the chasm between America'sexpectations and political reality was growing wider and ended up inthe failure of noble intentions. From a neoconservative vintage point,Agresto will examine the problems the US faces in spreading democracy abroad: "If a nation is divided rather than a pluralistic nation,liberal democracy will fail." John Agresto is currently Chair of theNew Mexico State Advisory Committee for the US Commission on CivilRights, Member of the Board of Trustees of AUIS and is chair ofAcademic Affairs Committee of the Board. He was Chancellor and Provostof American University in Sulamani (Iraq) 2009-2012 and a visitingfellow, James Madison Program: American Ideals & Institutions,Princeton University 2008- 2009. He is the author of the book Mugged ByReality: The Liberation of Iraq and the Failure of Good Intentions(2007). For more information, please visit here or contact KellySchwehm ([email protected]). Sponsored by Duke Asian & MiddleEastern Studies (AMES).

Fri Feb 22, 2013

All day Spring 2013 Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies Conference:“ReOrienting the Veil” Fri Feb 22, 2013 - Sun Feb 24, 2013 Where: Nelson Mandela Auditorium FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The 2013 Duke-UNC Consortium Conference focuses on Muslim women’sveiling practices in transnational contexts. The one and a half dayconference is a forum for an interdisciplinary discussion of thecultural, religious, historical and political meanings of the Muslimheadscarf. In the last four decades we have witnessed increasing socialand religious conservatism in both Euro-American and Muslim-majoritysocieties, juxtaposed with a global situation in which women’s right towear the headscarf has become a touchstone for issues and debates ofvarious kinds. The veil has become a topic of fiery political debatesacross the world in the last two decades with racial or religiousprofiling becoming more commonplace, while Muslims have also developeda burgeoning veiling fashion industry involving Muslim as well asnon- Muslim designers and manufacturers. It is thus politically,socially, and intellectually imperative to gain a deeper understandingof what the dynamics of veiling are. Featured speakers include: ·Elizabeth Bucar, Northeastern University · Todd Drake, IndependentArtist · Maryam Eskandari, MIIM Designs LLC · Carla Jones, Universityof Colorado-Boulder · Homa Hoodfar Concordia University, Canada ·Typhaine LeServot, Wesleyan University · Marilia Marchetti, Universityof Catania- Sicily This conference is open to the public, butregistration is required. Please register here,http://veil.unc. edu/conference/registration/. For more information anda detailed schedule, please visit the conference website,http://veil. unc.edu/conference/. Sponsored by the Duke-UNC Consortiumfor Middle East Studies, the Center for European Studies, the Centerfor African Studies, the Carolina Asia Center, the Department of AsianStudies, the Department of Geography, the Department of ComparativeLiterature and Film Studies, the Department of Romance Languages, theDepartment of Religious Studies, Department of Global Studies, theDepartment of Art, the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense, the UNCStone Center, the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, the Office ofthe Provost, the Center for Global Initiatives, the Global EducationFund, ART/Islam, the Duke Islamic Studies Center, and the Duke MiddleEast Studies Center. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Sat Feb 23, 2013

Mon Feb 25, 2013

6:30pm - 8pm Lecture: Nathan Stock: Hamas, Fatah and the Future of theIsraeli-Palestinian Conflict Where: FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Nathan Stock is the assistant director for the conflict resolutiondepartment at the Carter Center, and he will discuss the internalpolitical dynamics within the two dominant Palestinian parties. Stockwill focus on the evolution of Fatah and Hamas, how the parties relateto one another, and how they view the conflict with Israel.Historically, while U.S. policy makers have been sensitive to domesticIsraeli politics, they often have failed to account for similar forceson the Palestinian side. A conversation on Palestinian politics canprovide a new and interesting angle from which to understand the wider conflict with Israel. Stock joined the Carter Center in 2008 as anassistant director for conflict resolution. He designs and managesprogramming targeting the Fatah-Hamas conflict, while monitoring otherconflicts in the Middle East, including the Syrian uprising. For moreinformation, please contact Lauren Donoghue.

Wed Feb 27, 2013

12pm - 1pm Discussion: Nitza Berkovitch: “The politics of (in)visibility: on theblind spots of women’s discrimination in the academy.” Where: Hamilton 271 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Pizza will be served. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Thu Feb 28, 2013

12:15pm - 1:15pm Prof. Curtis Bradley: “International Law in the US Legal System” Where: Duke Law School, Room 3043 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Prof. Curtis Bradely’s book, International Law in the U.S. LegalSystem, explores the dynamic intersection between international law andthe domestic legal system within the United States and covers bothsettled principles as well as unresolved issues and areas ofcontroversy. Professor Bradley considers all of the principal forms ofinternational law: treaties, decisions and orders of internationalinstitutions, customary international law, and jus cogens norms. Healso explores a number of specific topics that are implicated by theintersection of U.S. law and international law, such as foreign sovereign immunity, international human rights litigation, extradition,war powers, and extraterritoriality. As he explains, international lawplays an important and sometimes under-appreciated role in the U.S.legal system, but its domestic application is mediated by a variety ofstructural considerations, including federalism and the separation ofpowers. This book highlights recent decisions and events relating tothe topic (including decisions and events arising out of the war on terrorism), while also taking into account relevant historicalmaterials, including materials relating to the U.S. constitutional founding. The book is designed to be accessible to a wide range oflawyers, judges, law students, and policymakers, both inside andoutside the United States. A book sale and signing will followimmediately after the lecture in the third floor loggia. For moreinformation, please visit here or contact Ali Prince([email protected]). Sponsored by the Center for Law, Ethics andNational Security and the Center for International and Comparative Law.

7pm - 8pm Film Screening: “A Separation” Where: Varsity Theater 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Directed by Asghar Farhadi (2011). A Married couple must choose betweenimproving the life of their child by moving to another country orstaying in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent with Alzheimer’sdisease. An introduction and discussion will be led by UNC ProfessorYaron Shemer. Free and open to the public. Visit here for the film trailer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_CkRuQlqUs . Part of theGlobal Cinema of the Middle East Film Series, Ackland Film Forum. Formore information, please contact Regina Higgins [email protected]. Sponsors: North Carolina Public Radio WUNC isthe Official Media Sponsor of the Ackland Film Forum. Middle East FilmSeries sponsored by Art\Islam, Carolina Center for the Study of theMiddle East and Muslim Civilizations, and Duke-UNC Consortium forMiddle East Studies.

Fri Mar 1, 2013

12pm - 1pm Event: Dr. Sahar Amer and Dr. Banu Gokariksel discuss veiling practiceswith Frank Stasio on WUNC Where: WUNC Live Stream Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Dr. Sahar Amer and Dr. Banu Gokariksel will be discussing veilingpractices with Frank Stasio on WUNC's "The State of Things" this Fridayat 12pm. You can tune in on the radio, or by accessing WUNC's livestream.

3pm - 4pm Lecture: General James N. Mattis, USMC, Commander, U.S. Central Command Where: Duke Law School Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: General James N. Mattis, USMC, Commander, U.S. Central Command. Keynotespeaker for annual conference of the Center on Law, Ethics and NationalSecurity , Duke Law School, "Battlefields, Boardrooms, and Backyards:The New Face of National Security Law." Registration is required .

5:15pm - 6:45pm Lecture: Baher Azmy, Legal Director of the Center for ConstitutionalRights Where: Nelson Music Room, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Lecture: March 1, 2013. Baher Azmy, Legal Director of the Center forConstitutional Rights (http://ccrjustice. org), "TransnationalStrategies for Justice in an Age of Endless War." Nelson Music Room,Duke University, 5:15-6:45 p.m. Keynote address of theconference, "Movements & Exchanges in an Unequal World: ICS at 40"(http: //internationalcomparative.duke.edu/news-events/movements-exchanges-conference),sponsored by International and Comparative Studies, Duke University.Attendance is free but registration is required. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Mon Mar 4, 2013

12:15pm - 1:15pm Lecture: Contemporary Legal Challenges in the Israeli-PalestinianConflict Where: Duke Law School 3037 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Gilad Noam, Senior Deputy to Israel's State Attorney and lecturer ininternational criminal law at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, willdiscuss the legal issues and challenges posed by Hamas' shelling ofIsraeli towns, Israel's 2012 "Pillar of Defense" operation in the Gazastrip, and the UN General Assembly's resolution upgrading the status ofthe PLO's observer mission to the UN to that of "non-member ObserverState." For more information contact Professor Morris or Nir Shnaiderman ([email protected]). - See more at:http://law.duke.edu/events/contemporary-legal-challenges- israeli-palestinian-conflict/#sthash.SLO4GjuW.dpufThis event will be held in Law School 3037. Gilad Noam, Senior Deputyto Israel's State Attorney and lecturer in international criminal lawat the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, will discuss the legal issuesand challenges posed by Hamas' shelling of Israeli towns, Israel's2012 "Pillar of Defense" operation in the Gaza strip, and the UNGeneral Assembly's resolution upgrading the status of the PLO'sobserver mission to the UN to that of "non- member Observer State." Formore information contact Professor Morris or Nir Shnaiderman([email protected]). - See more at:http://law.duke.edu/events/contemporary-legal-challenges-israeli-palestinian-conflict/#sthash.SLO4GjuW.dpuf

4pm - 5pm Film Screening: “Israel Inside” Where: Union Room 2420, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: “Israel Inside” explores the triumph of the human spirit. Israelis hasturned a desert with hardly any natural resources into a flourishing,productive society. Hosted by former Harvard lecturer Dr. TalBen-Shahar, the film examines the core character strengths that havemade this possible. A trailer for the movie and more information can befound here. For more information, contact [email protected]. Thisevent is sponsored by Christians United for Israel at UNC-CH and Chabadof UNC and Duke.

5:15pm - 6:15pm Lecture: “Why Should American Grand Strategy Care about the Uyghurs?” –Rebiya Kadeer Where: Duke University, Sanford 04 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Rebiya Kadeer is the head of the World Uyghur Congress and a prominenthuman rights advocate for the Uyghur people. Her lecture, “Why ShouldAmerican Grand Strategy Care about the Uyghurs?” will be presented in simultaneous translation. Her visit is co-sponsored by the TriangleInstitute for Security Studies and the Kenan Institute for Ethics.March 4, 2013 | Duke University Reception: 5:15 pm (Fleishman Commons,Sanford School of Public Policy) Lecture: 6:00 pm (Sanford 04) Parkingarrangements: Pending Questions regarding this event should be directedto Jennifer Boyle ([email protected] or 919-613-9301) Biography*Ms. Rebiya Kadeer is the most prominent human rights advocate andleader of the Uyghur people. Ms. Kadeer, 67, is the mother of elevenchildren, and a former laundress turned millionaire. She spent sixyears in a Chinese prison for standing up to the authoritarian Chinesegovernment. Before her arrest in 1999, she was a well-known Uyghurbusinesswoman and at one time the seventh wealthiest individual in thePeople’s Republic of China. Ms. Kadeer is a loving mother, aphilanthropist, and a political activist. She built up and ran amultimillion dollar trading company and a department store in Urumchi,capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR, formerly East Turkistan). She was passionate in helping out down-trodden Uyghurs,especially women and children. In order to educate Uyghur children frompoor families, she opened free classes using space in her departmentstore. She started the “Thousand Mothers Movement” in December 1997 toempower Uyghur women to start their own businesses. Ms. Kadeer’s philanthropic efforts were at first praised by the Chinese government.She was appointed a member of China’s National People’s Congress aswell as the Political Consultative Congress in 1992, and a member ofChina’s delegation to the United Nation’s Fourth World Conference onWomen in 1995. Initially, Ms. Kadeer hoped to improved the situation ofthe Uyghur people by working within the Chinese state system. She triedto persuade high-ranking Chinese officials, including China’spresident, to change their hard-line, repressive policies against theUyghurs. Beijing’s attitude toward Ms. Kadeer changed when shecriticized China’s treatment of her people during a National People’sCongress session in March 1007. In her speech, she demanded that theChinese government honor the autonomy conferred on the Uyghur peopleand respect their human rights. She strongly criticized China’s harshcrackdown of the Uyghur student demonstration which had taken place amonth earlier in Ghulja City. To punish Ms. Kadeer for her disloyaltyto the Chinese Communist Party, she was stripped of her membership inboth the National People’s Congress and the Political ConsultativeConference and forbidden to travel abroad. Beijing also pressured herto divorce her dissident husband, Sidik Rouzi, who had fled to the U.S.in 1996. In 1999, while on her way to meet with a U.S. Congressionaldelegation, Ms. Kadeer was arrested and then sentenced to eight yearsin prison for ‘stealing state secrets.’ Ms. Kadeer’s cas became and international embarrassment for the Chinese government after AmnestyInternational and Human Rights Watch publicized her case andaggressively pursued her freedom. In 2000, Human Rights Watch awardedMs. Kadeer its highest human rights award.In 2004, Norway’s RaftoFoundation honored her with the Rafto Award. Then, on March 17, 2005,three days before an official visit to Beijing by the U.S. Secretary ofState, she was released from prison on medical grounds. Ms. Kadeer has been actively campaigning for the human rights of the Uyghur peoplesince her release. She has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prizeseveral times since 2006. Despite the Chinese government efforts todiscredit her, Ms. Kadeer remains the pro-democracy Uyghur leader andheads the World Uyghur Congress, which represents the collectiveinterests of the Uyghur people in the world. *This biography has beenprovided by the Uyghur American Association. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Tue Mar 5, 2013

2:30pm - 4pm Lecture: “Why Should American Grand Strategy Care about the Uyghurs?” –Rebiya Kadeer Where: FedEx Global Education Center, room 4003, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Rebiya Kadeer is the head of the World Uyghur Congress and a prominenthuman rights advocate for the Uyghur people. Her lecture, “Why ShouldAmerican Grand Strategy Care about the Uyghurs?” will be presented in simultaneous translation. For a detailed biography of Ms. Kadeer,please visit here. For more information, please contact Jennifer Boyle([email protected]). Lecture: 2:30- 4:00 pm (FedEx GlobalEducation center room 4003) Visitor Parking at UNC is not provided bythe event sponsor. Guests attending the event should plan to park inone of the public parking garages provided by the town of Chapel Hillon Rosemary Street. Sponsored by the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy & the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, the DukeIslamic Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Duke Human RightsCenter, the UNC-Duke Center for the Study of Islam and MuslimCivilizations, the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Asian-PacificStudies Institute and the Duke Program for Asian Security Studies, andthe Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and MuslimCivilizations.

4pm - 5pm Lecture: “Securitizing Human Rights: Lawfare and the Assault on RightsWork in Israel/Palestine” Where: Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) FHI Garage - C105, Bay 4, SmithWarehouse Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Reception to follow: Comfort Cuisine (wine & cheese) A major campaignagainst universal human rights has been underway for the past decade.This campaign is intricately tied to the global war on terrorism and ispart of a backlash against the mounting success of human rightsorganizations and cause lawyers in subjecting conflict and warfare tolegal analysis and oversight. In this talk, Neve Gordon uses Israel asa case study to show how the term lawfare (a combination of law andwarfare) is being mobilized by neoconservatives to securitize "rightswork" so as to reconstitute the human rights field as a nationalsecurity threat; the objective, he claims, is to restrict theutilization of universal jurisdiction worldwide. For more information,please contact Serena Elliott ([email protected]). Part of theDuke Center for Jewish Studies’ “Rethinking Israel” series. Sponsoredby the Duke Center for Jewish Studies, the Sara and EJ Evans Fund, andthe Franklin Humanities Institute.

Wed Mar 6, 2013

12pm - 1pm Panel Discussion: “Financing Development in Africa: NationalInitiatives and Donor Support” Where: Room 4003, FedEx Global Education Center UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Please join us for a panel discussion on finance, donors, anddevelopment in Africa by representatives from six sub-Saharancountries, moderated by Dr. Georges Nzongola. The panelists, SeniorFinance Ministry Officials, will discuss ways in which African nationsand their development partners grapple with thorny issues indevelopment financing. Who sets priorities? What issues dominate thedialogue between donor countries and recipient countries? What would anideal process for allocating donor assistance look like? Brown baglunch with light refreshments will be provided. Click here or contactBarbara Anderson ([email protected]) for more information. Sponsoredby the Global Research Institute, the Center for African Studies, andthe Department of African and Afro-American Studies.

1pm - 2pm Seminar: “Is it Possible to Create a Common Future? Hagar: Jewish-ArabEducation for Equality” Where: Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) FHI Garage - C105, Bay 4, SmithWarehouse Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: RSVP required to [email protected] Lunch to be served. The lunchseminar on March 6 will be held at 1:00PM – same location. Afterdiscussing the deep-rooted segregation in the Israeli school system,Neve Gordon will present the history of how (and why) the HagarJewish-Palestinian school was established, the various challengesHagar's educational project faces—especially in the midst of escalatingtensions in the region—and the possibilities its progressive multicultural education opens for the future. Neve Gordon's visit ispart of the "Rethinking Israel" series, which is generously sponsoredby the Sara and E.J. Evans Fund.http://calendar.duke.edu/events/show?fq=id%3ACAL-8a087089-3c07a250-013c- 1bf3cc29-00007151demobedework%40mysite.edu

5pm - 7pm Exhibition and Workshop: “Persian Calligraphy and Illumination” Where: Workshop Griffith Boardroom, Bryan Center, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Persian calligraphy has been one of the most sacred arts throughoutPersian history. It is considered to be one of the most enticing andfascinating manifestations of Persian culture and has been practicedand nurtured for centuries. Persia has a noble tradition of bookmakingand manuscript illumination. In each of its four mainaspects— calligraphy, bookbinding, illumination and illustration—Persianartists reached the peak of perfection. Persian manuscripts are amongthe world’s greatest artistic achievements. For more information,please contact Mark Emamian (mehdi@duke. edu). Organized by the GraduateStudent Association of Iranians at Duke (GSAID) and Persian CulturalSociety at UNC (PCS). Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Thu Mar 7, 2013

5pm - 6pm Lecture: GA Lipton, Religious Studies, UNC, “Making Islam Fit:Ibn 'Arabi and the Idea of Sufism in the Secular Age” Where: GEC 1005 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Lipton’s dissertation, “Making Islam Fit: Ibn ‘Arabi and the Idea ofSufism in the Secular Age,” explores how the contemporary Westernreception of the 13th century Muslim mystic Ibn ‘Arabi and theattendant post- Enlightenment understanding of Sufism have supported theconstruction of alternate, secular-liberal models for Muslim subjectivity. He also completed both his bachelor’s and master’sdegrees at UNC. Part of Islam in the Global Context Speaker Series,http://mideast.unc.edu/islam-speakers

Fri Mar 15, 2013

All day Event: Society for the Anthropology of North America, 2013 Conferenceat Duke University Fri Mar 15, 2013 - Sun Mar 17, 2013 Where: The Hilton Durham 3800 Hillsborough Rd Durham, NC 27705 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Papers include: Allison B. Taylor, Brandeis University, "'LittleMogadishu': Creating a Somali Space in Minnesota." Nazia Kazi, CUNYGraduate Center, "Silent Engagement: Muslim Americans and the 2012Presidential Election." Kim Shively, Kutztown University, "Neoliberal,Post-Secular Futures: The Philanthropy of the Hizmet Movement." Shahab Malik University of California - Riverside, "American Imams: ChangingSubjectivities, Renegotiating Identities and Transforming Shari’a amongMuslims in Southern California." Conference Overview North Americaseems to be at something of an impasse. Many of political projects,cultural movements, social imaginaries, and economic developments thathave structured life in Mexico, Canada and the United States seem tohave lost energy, and seem to be moving forward because of inertiaalone. Moreover, we might question whether the concepts that have beenused to interrogate North American life during the recentpast--neoliberalism, late capitalism, postindustrialism, whiteness,postracialism, privatization, virtualization, revanchism, andmilitarization, to mention a few--are adequate in the face of newrealities. Finally, as teachers, researchers and intellectuals, we mustcontend with new limits and potentialities for the production ofknowledge in the context of an academy in rapid flux. For moreinformation, visit: http://sananet.org/sanaconference.php

Sat Mar 16, 2013

Mon Mar 18, 2013

4pm - 5pm Event: ApARTheid Tour Where: Ackland Art Museum, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Ackland Art Museum presents the first major exhibition toinvestigate the ways in which contemporary artists have addressed loveas a political force. Come see Emily Jacir's exhibition on the effectsof Israeli occupation of Palestinians. Tour begins at 4:00pm. Part ofUNC Students for Justice in Palestine’s “Israeli Apartheid Week.” Formore information, please contact Samer Hjouj ([email protected]). Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

5:45pm - 6:45pm Event: Nowruz - Persian New Year: Celebrating the Persian Collection atUNC Where: Wilson Special Collections Library, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Persian food, music, and dance will be part of a celebration of Persianlibrary collections at UNC on March 18. The festivities will take placein the Wilson Special Collections Library. The event coincides withNowruz, the Persian New Year that is traditionally a time of joy andcelebration. The program will begin at 5:45 p.m. with a receptioncatered by Cilantro Restaurant in Durham. Persian materials from theUNC Libraries will be on view during the reception and calligrapherMajid Roohafza will demonstrate his craft. A Haft Sin table, atraditional Nowruz setting of seven items beginning with the Persianletter “s,” will also be on view, with an explanation of the items andtheir significance. Starting at 6:30pm:- Remarks by UNC Prof. Carl Ernst and members of the local Persiancommunity who have helped to build collections of Persian librarymaterials at UNC;- Musical interlude with Behnam Zamanian and Shahram Mazhari;- Keynote address: “Teaching Persian Poetry at UNC” by UNC professorOmid Safi;- Student music and dance performances by members of the UNC PersianCultural Society;- Tea and sweets by Jahan International Market of Chapel Hill For moreinformation, please contact Liza Terll at [email protected] or at(919) 548-1203. Sponsored by UNC Persian Cultural Society, UNC Persian Studies, Iranian Cultural Society of North Carolina, and the CarolinaCenter for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations

Tue Mar 19, 2013

6pm - 7:30pm Discussion: Lara Friedman: “Second Term Obama on theIsraeli-Palestinian Conflict: Re-Boot or Recycle?” Where: Room 4003, FedEx Global Education Center (4th floor) UNC-Chapel Hill Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us for a discussion with Lara Friedman on President Obama and theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict. Should President Obama push for a twostate-solution? Will the US Congress be an obstacle or a resource forthe President? And how will President Obama deal with the newly electedIsraeli government? Lara Friedman is Director of Policy and GovernmentRelations for Americans for Peace Now. As a leading authority on USforeign policy in the Middle East, Israeli settlements policy, andJerusalem, Ms. Friedman frequently meets and briefs Members ofCongress, US Administration officials, foreign diplomats, and othermembers of the foreign policy community. She is a frequent resource forjournalists and policymakers, and regularly publishes opinion andanalysis pieces in the US and Israeli press. A former Foreign Service Officer, she served in Jerusalem, Washington, Tunis and Beirut, and isfluent in French, Spanish, and Arabic. Sponsored by J Street UNC. Formore details, please contact Lauren Donoghue or Jacob Plitman at[email protected].

7pm - 8pm Teach-In: “Israeli Apartheid and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions(BDS) Movement” Where: Bingham 103, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join UNC’s Students for Justice in Palestine for a teach-in featuringDr. Omid Safi (Department of Religious Studies at UNC), Dr. Fred Moten(Black Studies at Duke), and Dr. Rann Bar-On (Department of Mathematicsat Duke). Each speaker will give a 20-minute presentation followed byQ&A. Part of UNC Students for Justice in Palestine’s “Israeli ApartheidWeek.” For more information, please contact Samer Hjouj([email protected]).

Wed Mar 20, 2013

6pm - 7pm Film Screening: “Roadmap to Apartheid” Where: Howell 104, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: “Roadmap to Apartheid” offers an in-depth exploration of the parallelsof South African and Israeli forms of rule. The film employs strikingdata visualizations, animations and split screen effects to investigatethe similarities of siege mentality colonialism, forced migration,checkpoints, passes, foreign natives, present absentees, partition andproxy rule, etc. A short discussion will follow. To view the filmtrailer, please visit here. Part of UNC Students for Justice inPalestine’s “Israeli Apartheid Week.” For more information, pleasecontact Samer Hjouj ([email protected]). Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Thu Mar 21, 2013

All day Conference: “Human Rights & the Humanities” Thu Mar 21, 2013 - Sat Mar 23, 2013 Where: 7 Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: In recent decades, charges of human rights violations have beenrepeatedly made against governments for harming or failing to protecttheir citizens or others under their control and, in many instances,have been used to justify international condemnation, economicsanctions, and even military action. These charges presume astate-authorized legal structure, but they also presume the existenceof another kind of law or fundamental principle that undergirds, orought to undergird, the laws of the state. Understanding the origins ofthese principles, the contentious nature of claims made about andagainst them, and specific instances in which they have become centralwithin and between states necessarily involves disciplines such asphilosophy, history, and political theory. This year, participants inthe National Humanities Center's second annual conference on HumanRights and the Humanities (March 21-22, 2013) will consider questionssurrounding the role of the state in creating, denying, violating,protecting, and formalizing human rights claims. For a detailed list of speakers, please visit here. Registration is required for the fullconference. Please note, there is a conference registration fee of $20($10 for students and senior citizens) including all meals and sessionsof Friday, March 22. Register here for the full conference. To reservespace for the keynote address only, which is free and open to thepublic, please visit here. For more information, please contact MarthaJohnson ([email protected]). Sponsored by theResearch Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, Triangle UniversitiesCenter for Advanced Studies Inc., Duke University, North Carolina StateUniversity, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and theCarnegie Corporation of New York.

7pm - 8pm Event: Palestine Poetry Night Where: The Pit, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: UNC SJP is hosting Palestine Poetry Night to celebrate the rich andinfluential culture of the holy land. Come out to the Pit on UNC campuson March 21 at 7pm to spend a night enjoying Palestinian art, poetry,song, and dance. Free Med Deli! Part of UNC Students for Justice inPalestine’s “Israeli Apartheid Week.” For more information, pleasecontact Samer Hjouj ([email protected]).

7pm - 8pm Event: Stand-Up Comedy: Persian New Year Comedy with K-von Where: Great Hall, Student Union, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: A special comedic performance by K-von to celebrate the Persian NewYear, Nowruz! K-von has toured with the hilarious comedian Maz Jobraniand starred on MTV's Disaster Date! Here's your second chance to startthe year the right way... with uncontrollable laughter! This event isfree and open to the public so bring your friends! For more information, please see event’s Facebook page or contact Fara Souboutiat [email protected]. · Cosponsored by UNC Persian CulturalSociety, Graduate Students Association of Iranians at Duke, UNC StudentGovernment and Kenan-Biddle Partnership.

7pm - 8pm Film: The Noise of Cairo Where: White 107 (White Lecture Hall) Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Noise of Cairo" is a cinematic adventure, following the interplaybetween art and the revolution in Egypt. Protest of any kind waspunished violently in pre-revolutionary Egypt and artistic expressionwas considered nothing but a threat to the status quo. But since thefall of the Mubarak dictatorship, the art scene in Cairo is flourishingonce again. How did the revolution of 2011 change Egyptian artists andtheir work? Twelve influencers from Cairo's cultural scene lead us on ajourney to understand the unique role artists played during therevolution in Cairo. This documentary bears witness to Cairo's vibrantartistic underbelly, as it raises its voice once again. The artists ofCairo, who refused to quiet down, come together to be heard. Theseindividuals create "The Noise of Cairo". Sponsored by Duke IslamicStudies Center Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Fri Mar 22, 2013

Sat Mar 23, 2013

4pm - 7pm Event: Chapel Hill Turkish Day Where: Turk Evi, 743 East Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join the Turkish Student Association for Chapel Hill Turkish Day tocelebrate Turkish culture and Nevruz (the coming of spring). There willbe plenty of free food and drink, as well as dancing, performances, andlive music. Some of the entertainment will include a performance by theBosphorus Chorus and belly dancing! Following the event at Turk Evi, we will be co-hosting an international music and dance night starting at10 p.m. at Talullas Turkish Restaurant, 456 W Franklin Street ChapelHill, NC. No cover charge, but you must be at least 18 years old. Bringyour friends and party with us to celebrate the coming of spring! Formore information, please contact the Turkish Student Association([email protected]). This event is sponsored by the Aziz and GwenSancar Foundation, the Bridge to Turkiye Fund, and the American Turkish Association of North Carolina.

Sun Mar 24, 2013

7pm - 8pm Film Screening: “Microphone” / CANCELLED! Where: White 107, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Ahmad Abdalla's Microphone foreshadows the tumultuous events thatrecently rocked Egypt. Upon returning to his native Alexandria aftertraveling abroad in the United States for several years, Khaleddiscovers that time has altered and severed many of his priorrelationships, namely between him and his former flame, Hadeer. Feelingalone and rejected, Khaled wanders the city and quickly stumbles into anew world: the underground arts scene. The film will be introduced by Prof. miriam cooke. Click here to view the trailer. For moreinformation, please click here or contact Hank Okazaki ([email protected]). Part of the Middle East Film Series: Egypt’sRevolution. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by theDuke Islamic Studies center, the Duke University Middle East StudiesCenter, and the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image.

7pm - 8pm Performance: Nowruz 1392—Rana Farhan and Banafsheh Sayyad Where: Page Auditorium, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us to celebrate the Persian New Year with an event where Jazz,Blues, Flamenco, and Sufi rituals are transfused by mystical Persianpoetry. Featuring new generations of Iranian music and dance incelebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, marking the beginning ofspring. There will be performances by Rana Farhan and her musicians and dance acts by Banafsheh Sayyad, prominent new wave female artists ofIran. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for the Public. For moreinformation and tickets, please contact the Duke Box Office at(919)684-4444 or www.tickets.duke.edu. Presented by the Graduate StudentAssociation of Iranians at Duke and the Persian Cultural Society at theUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Sponsored by the Office ofthe Vice Provost for the Arts, Kenan-Biddle Partnership, Center for Muslim Life, Graduate and Professional Student Council, Center forInternational Studies, Dance Program, Program in Literature, MusicDepartment, Middle East Studies Center, and Islamic Studies Center,Duke University. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Mon Mar 25, 2013

5pm - 6pm Lecture: “Epistemology of Empire: Asian Wars, Information Regimes, andthe Future US Global Power” by Prof. Alfred McCoy Where: Hamilton Hall Room 569, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The U.S. in World Affairs: The Cold War and Beyond A lecture seriesorganized by the Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professorship inco-operation with the Department of History and the Center for EuropeanStudies Alfred McCoy, J.R.W. Smail Professor of History, University ofWisconsin-Madison Over the span of a century, three successive Asianwars have played a seminal role in shaping a distinctive informationinfrastructure for U.S. global power. Eschewing the deep cultural studyof European Orientalisms, US colonial officials applied America’s firstinformation revolution to pacifying the Philippines by amassing denseempirical data whose sum constituted a first, manual information regimefor the exercise of global power. During the Vietnam War, the US spentbillions of dollars in developing a second, computerized informationregime that simultaneously contributed to a foreign policy debacle andlaid the foundations for continuing advances in the nation’sinformation infrastructure. During a decade of pacification inAfghanistan, the US has begun fusing biometrics, cyberwarfare, and atriple-canopy aerospace shield into a third, robotic information regimethat may represent its best bid for maintaining global dominion in theface of waning economic influence. Alfred W. McCoy is the J.R. W. SmailProfessor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Afterearning his Ph.D. in Southeast Asian history at Yale University in1977, his writing has focused on two topics–the political history ofthe modern Philippines and the covert netherworld of illicit drugs,syndicate crime, and state security. His first book, The Politics ofHeroin in Southeast Asia (New York, 1972), sparked controversy over theCIA’s attempt to block its publication, but is now regarded as the“classic” study of global drug trafficking and has been translated intonine languages, most recently Thai and German. His recent book PolicingAmerica’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise ofthe Surveillance State (Madison, 2009), which won the George McT. KahinPrize from the Association for Asian Studies, draws together these twostrands, covert operations and modern Philippine history, to explorethe transformative power of police, information, and scandal in shaping both the modern Philippine state and the U.S. internal securityapparatus.For further information, please feel free to email Prof. Klaus Larres-- [email protected] event is co-sponsored by the Carolina Asia Center–https://carolinaasiacenter.unc. edu/event/epistemology-of-empire-asian-wars-information-regimes-and-the-future-of-u-s-global-power

6pm - 7:30pm Presentation: Prof. Richard J. McGregor: “The Gaze of Salvation: Relicsas Icon and Image in Medieval Egypt and Syria” Where: Murphey 105, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Richard J. McGregor, Professor of Religious Studies at VanderbiltUniversity, will present his current research related to materialculture, visual culture, and Islam. Well-versed in a variety of topicsconcerning Sufism and Shi’i Islam, this talk will focus on a newdynamic in his research concerning the icons and religious practice.Both display and vision are mobilized around the objects and rituals ofIslamic religion. Viewing relics is a complex dynamic involving thepresentation of an object to an eye trained in the requisite religiousculture. The Islamic relics of Egypt and Syria fit uneasily into thecurrent theory of images, and thus present an opportunity to rethinkthe operations of religion and visual culture. Imprint, contact, andbodily relics – heads, fingers, footprints, swords – illustrate wellthe diversity and charged history of these viewing practices and willbe some of the topics for this talk. Refreshments will be served at6:00pm, followed by the lecture at 6: 30pm. For more information, pleasecontact Candace Mixon ([email protected]) or see the Facebook eventpage. Sponsored by the Islamicate Graduate Students Association,Department of Religious Studies, Department of Asian Studies, theCarolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and MuslimCivilizations, and the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies.

6:15pm - 7:45pm Event: Masterclass with Persian Dance Artist Banafsheh Sayyad at Ark Where: Ark Dance Studio Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Open to all Duke and UNC dance students. Banafsheh is a dance artistand transformational teacher. She is one of the few bearers ofauthentic Persian dance in the world, an innovator of Sufi dancepreviously only performed by men and a pioneer in contemporary Persiandance, all of which characterize the form she has created called Danceof Oneness(r). She draws from her extensive background in Sufism,Persian dance and ritual, Tai Chi and Flamenco to present a new form, rooted in tradition yet universal, "fusing ancient forms with apostmodern punch" (Los Angeles Times). Her movement is comprised inpart by the Persian alphabet she has translated into gestures andmovement, which when put together one dances out words and poeticstanzas, mostly taken from the works of the great mystic poet, Rumi,whom she has studied extensively. Banafsheh holds an MFA in dance fromUCLA. Co-sponsored by Graduate Students Association of Iranians at Duke, the Duke University Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts, andthe Duke Dance Program. http://danceprogram.duke. edu/ Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Tue Mar 26, 2013

3pm - 7pm Event: OPERATION ANACONDA, a virtual staff ride Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: What is a staff ride? A staff ride differs from a guided battlefieldtour in two respects. First, it is an educational technique forstudying leadership. In a staff ride, participants ask thequestions "What happened?" "Why?" "With what result?" but then pressfurther: "Did this commander make the right decision at thisjuncture?" "How would I have acted in his place?" "Should he have madea different decision given the information he had?" It is, to use anunpopular term, a judgmental exercise, and often a counterfactual one.Secondly, a staff ride requires active participation. The challenge and the pleasure of this activity lies in its character as a collectiveeffort, and its success rests on the participants themselves. The staffride director serves as a moderator or a seminar leader, and only inthe last resort as a subject matter expert. What makes staff rideparticularly stimulating is that they are group exercises, in which weexamine many aspects of command and management. To that end eachparticipant takes a turn giving a short talk, in most cases playing therole of one of the main participants in the battle, and is questionedby his or her colleagues about that participant's view of what has transpired on the battlefield. Organized by a senior analyst from theAmerican Enterprise Institute, a leading Washington- based think tank)

5:30pm - 6:30pm Lecture: Religion & Public Life Speaker: Peter van der Veer Where: Westbrook 014 Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Peter van der Veer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Studyof Religious and Ethnic Diversity at Göttingen, will be speaking March26th as part of the Religions and Public Life speaker series. Van derVeer works on religion and nationalism in Asia and Europe. He has justfinished a monograph on the comparative study of religion andnationalism in India and China. He taught previously at the FreeUniversity in Amsterdam, at Utrecht University and at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1992 he was appointed as Professor of ComparativeReligion and Founding Director of the Research Center in Religion andSociety in the Social Science Faculty of the University of Amsterdam.He served as Dean of the Social Science Faculty and as Dean of theAmsterdam School for Social Science Research at Amsterdam, and asDirector of the International Institute for the Study of Islam andChairman of the Board of the International Institute for Asian Studies,both in Leiden. In 1994 he was appointed as University Professor atLarge at Utrecht University, a position he continues to hold. He hasheld visiting positions at the London School of Economics, theUniversity of Chicago, University of Michigan, the Ecole des HautesEtudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, the Institute for Advanced Studyin Princeton, the New School in New York, and the National Universityof Singapore Sponsored by Divinity School and Trinity Collegehttp://kenan.ethics.duke. edu/religion/religions-and-public-life-speaker-peter-van-der-veer-mar-26/

Wed Mar 27, 2013

4:30pm - 5:30pm Event: Walking the World: Mappings Professor Ghulammohammed Sheikh Where: Blue Parlor Room, East Duke Bldg Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: In “Walking the World: Mappings,” renowned Indian artist GhulammohammedSheikh brings back to life—and art— one of the most famous of themedieval European maps of the world (mappa mundi), originally createdin the 13th century. It was rediscovered in the early 19th century inErbstorf, only to be lost forever in 1943 during the Allied bombing of northern Germany. Beginning in the last decade, Sheikh has been workingon a series of digital collages titled The Mappa Mundi Suite in whichthe Erbstorf mappa mundi has been poetically and provocatively broughtinto artistic dialogue with other visual traditions in which he is athome, especially the Indian and the Islamic. The result is that inthese works, “the world is turned upside down (both re-sited andre-cited) in the hope that such a massive disorientation…willdestabilize contemporary global chauvinisms,” according to art criticPeter Maddock. Sponsored by the Center for South Asia Studies, Centerfor European Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, DukeUniversity Center for International Studies, BorderWork (s) HumanitiesLab, and Duke Islamic Studies Center.

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: Atiya Husain, Sociology, UNC, "How Muslims Disrupt the USRacial Order" Where: FedEx Global Education Center Room 1005 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: In the post-civil rights movement era, racism is often covert andeasily denied. It is in this broad context that Muslims in the U.S. aretalked about as a racial group rather than the multiracial religiousgroup that they actually are, which makes for a complex discourse.While 9/11 and consequent policies and government restructuring playeda major role in perpetuating this racial discourse, it predates 9/11and has undergone many shifts. The absence of black and African American Muslims from dominant explanations for this discourse makesroom for a closer look. This talk explores the racial element tomainstream media representations of Muslims before and after 9/11 andwhat that means in our so-called "post- racial" times. Part of “Islam inthe Global Context Speaker Series.” For more information, pleasecontact Rose Aslan ([email protected]). Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Thu Mar 28, 2013

12pm - 3pm Presentation: "I Speak For Myself" with Maria Ebrahimji Where: Women's Center Lower Lounge, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Interested in journalism, gender, Islam/Muslims, identity or communitybuilding? Then THIS is the event for you. Maria Ebrahimji is ajournalist and executive editorial producer for CNN (yes, the CNN). Sheis also one of the editors of the I Speak for Myself series of bookswhich includes a book on Muslim women, a book on Muslim men and a bookon youth involved with the Arab Spring revolutions. FREE FOOD: Boxedlunches from Saladelia will be served. Co-sponsored by Women's Center,Center for Muslim Life and Muslim Student Association

2pm - 4pm Discussion: A Conversation with Mark Gonzalez: “Dreaming in Times ofDisplacement” Workshop Where: Campus Y, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Yael Rice (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) specializes in the art andarchitecture of Greater Iran and South Asia, with a particular focus onmanuscripts and other portable arts of the fifteenth through eighteenthcenturies. Currently the Five College Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow inIslamic Art at Amherst College, she previously held the position ofAssistant Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art at the PhiladelphiaMuseum of Art from 2009 till 2012. Her publications include studies ofEuropean engravings and Persian calligraphic specimens in Mughal royalalbums, the 1598–99 Mughal Razmnama (Book of war), and an earlyfifteenth-century Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami copied and illustrated inthe region of Fars, Iran. Rice's current research concerns physiognomicanalysis as a courtly and artistic practice, Mughal depictions ofimperial dreams, paintings made for the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (r.1658-1707), and the cultural and material history of jade in early modern Central and South Asia. For more information, please contactPika Ghosh ([email protected]). This event is co- sponsored by theUNC Art Department, the Center for Global Initiatives and the SouthAsia Working Group.

5pm - 6pm Lecture: Yael Rice, "Between the Brush and the Pen: On the IntertwinedHistories of Mughal Painting and Calligraphy." Where: 117 Hanes Art Center Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Yael Rice (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) specializes in the art andarchitecture of Greater Iran and South Asia, with a particular focus onmanuscripts and other portable arts of the fifteenth through eighteenthcenturies. Currently the Five College Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow inIslamic Art at Amherst College, she previously held the position ofAssistant Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art at the PhiladelphiaMuseum of Art from 2009 till 2012. Her publications include studies ofEuropean engravings and Persian calligraphic specimens in Mughal royalalbums, the 1598–99 Mughal Razmnama (Book of war), and an earlyfifteenth-century Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami copied and illustrated inthe region of Fars, Iran. Rice's current research concerns physiognomicanalysis as a courtly and artistic practice, Mughal depictions ofimperial dreams, paintings made for the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (r.1658-1707), and the cultural and material history of jade in early modern Central and South Asia. This event is co-sponsored by the ArtDepartment and the South Asia Working Group. Contact: Pika Ghosh,[email protected]

5:30pm - 7pm Lecture: Hedi Larbi: “The Arab Transition & the Development Challengesin the Middle East” Where: 200 Rubenstein, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: As part of the Rethinking Development Policy Series, the Duke Centerfor International Development presents a lecture by Hedi Larbi,Director of the Middle East Region, World Bank. Light refreshments willbe served. For more information, please contact Linda Scovill([email protected]). Sponsored by the Duke Sanford School ofPublic Policy.

7pm - 8pm Film Screening: “This Is Not A Film” Where: White 107, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Renowned Iranian director, Jafar Panahi, received a 6-year prisonsentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviewswith foreign press due to his open support of the opposition party inIran's 2009 election. In this documentary, which was secretly shot onan iPhone and a modest DV camera by Panahi's close friend MojtabaMirtahmasb, and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minutesubmission to Cannes, Panahi shares his day-today life as he waits fora decision on his appeal. Since his detention in 2009, Panahi's causehas won international support from the film community. For moreinformation, please click here or contact Hank Okazaki([email protected]). Part of the Middle East Film Series: IranianCinema. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by theDuke Islamic Studies center, the Duke University Middle East StudiesCenter, and the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Tue Apr 2, 2013

5pm - 7pm Film: "Covered: The Hejab in Cairo” & “Benaat Chicago: Growing-Up Araband Female in Chicago” Where: Toy Lounge, Dey Hall Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: “Covered: The Hejab in Cairo”— This absorbing documentary offers a rareopportunity to examine the restoration of veiling and the reasons forits pervasiveness through the eyes of Egyptian women. In uniqueinterviews with women of different ages and backgrounds, COVEREDreveals that Islamic tradition, religious fundamentalism, and growing nationalism are not solely responsible for decisions to wear the hejab.Diverse social, economic and political factors, as well as personalpreferences, often play prominent roles. As timely as it is compelling,the film shows how complex causes account for a phenomenon that ispoorly understood outside the Muslim world. Produced and directed byTania Kamal-Eldin. “Benaat Chicago”—This video is the result of thedirectors' year-long collaboration with Arab American teenagers todocument their lives growing up on Chicago's southwest side. Itaddresses stereotypes and racism towards Arabs and Arab women, whileshowing what makes many Arab Americans proud of their culturalheritage. Thought provoking and insightful, this video is a complexportrayal of a Chicago community often kept invisible. Directed byJennifer Bing-Canar and Mary Zerkel. Discussion will be led by Ms.Angela Ritter, Doctoral student in UNC’s French Department. Part of“ReOrienting the Veil Film Series.” For more information, pleasecontact Sahar Amer ([email protected]).

7:30pm - 8:30pm Discussion: David E. Johnson: “Battle of Sadr City” Where: The William and Ida Center 100 Center Drive, Windflower AB Chapel Hill Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Dr. David Johnson is the Director, Chief of Staff of the Army StrategicStudies Group. He will discuss the findings of his study of the 2008Battle of Sadr City (co-authored with M. Wade Markel, and BrianShannon). The authors conclude that the Battle of Sadr City, which tookplace nearly 15 months after the beginning of the US “surge” in Iraq, presents a new model for dealing with insurgent control of urban areas.Unlike previous urban operations against insurgents, in which citieswere essentially besieged and then stormed, the objective in thisbattle was not to take and clear Sadr City but to create conditionsthat would make it both impossible for the insurgents to operateeffectively and possible to restore security to the broader population.Light refreshments will be served prior to the talk at 7:00pm. PleaseRSVP here. For more information, please contact Carolyn Pumphrey([email protected]) or call 919-613-9280. Sponsored by the TriangleInstitute for Security Studies.

Wed Apr 3, 2013

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: Prof. Devin Stewart: “Arabic Humanism, Rhetoric, and SocialDiscourse, 14-16th Centuries” Where: Westbrook 0012, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Dean of Arts & Sciences at Duke University, Laurie Patton, and theColloquium on Muslim Humanities present “Arabic Humanism, Rhetoric, andSocial Discourse, 14-16th Centuries,” a Distinguished Lecture byProfessor Devin Stewart. Professor Stewart is an Associate Professor ofArabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. Dinner will follow the lecture in the York Room, Grey Building, Duke University. For moreinformation, please contact Hunter Bandy (hcb14@duke. edu). Presented bythe Colloquium on Muslim Humanities and Laurie Patton, Dean of Arts &Sciences, Trinity College at Duke University.

Thu Apr 4, 2013

4:30pm - 6pm Lecture: Herman Teule, "Islamism & Iraq: Is there still a place for theChristians?" Where: 240 John Hope Franklin Center Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Herman Teule, professor of Eastern Christianity at the RadboudUniversity (Nijmegen, the Netherlands), where he is the head of theInstitute of Eastern Christian Studies, and the Catholic University ofLouvain. He studied theology, comparative religion and orientallanguages at the Universities of Amsterdam and Louvain, will bespeaking on Islamism & Iraqi Christians on April 4th. Teule holds a PhD(Louvain) in Oriental Studies. Teule also holds a Visiting professorships in Moscow (St Tychon's theological University) andKottayam-India (Mahatma Ghandi University). Sponsors: Duke IslamicStudies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Asian &Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Fri Apr 5, 2013

All day Film Screening: “The Gatekeepers” Fri Apr 5, 2013 - Thu Apr 11, 2013 Where: Chelsea Theater, 1129 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Nightly, 7:10pm & 9:20pm* Also Saturday & Sunday Matinees, 2:10pm &4:30pm Charged with overseeing Israel's war on terror-both Palestinianand Jewish- the head of the Shin Bet, Israel's secret service ispresent at the crossroad of every decision made. For the first timeever six former heads of the agency agreed to share their insights andreflect publicly on their actions and decisions. “The Gatekeepers”offers an exclusive account of the sum of their success and failures.It validates the reasons that each man individually and the six as agroup came to reconsider their hard-line positions and advocate aconciliatory approach toward their enemies based on a two-statesolution. Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature. RatedPG-13. *No 9:20 show on Sundays. Visit here to view the trailer. For directions to the theater, visit the theater website. Ticket costs $9.The film is also screened at Carolina Theater in Durham and at ColonyTheater in Raleigh.

3pm - 4pm Lecture: Nile Green, "Iron, Ink & Islam: The Frontiers of Empire andthe Birth of Muslim Printing, John F. Richards Memorial Lecture" Where: Perkins Library, Room 217 Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Professor Nile Green of the University of California, Los Angeles, willdiscuss the evolution of printing in Islam. Muslim communities passedthrough early modernity without adopting the printing press thattransformed religious and intellectual life in Europe. But between 1810and 1830, Muslims began printing in a series of distant but connectedcities from Calcutta, Cairo, Valetta and Lucknow to Tabriz, Kazan,Saint Petersburg and Singapore. Surveying the first presses, printersand books in each of these places, the lecture reconstructs the globalinteractions that gave birth to Muslim print• ing as European industrialproducts crossed cultural and political frontiers through closercontact with Indian, Iranian, Tatar, Malay and Arab middlemen. From itsnursing by Christian missionaries and their trans-cultural journeymen,we follow the infancy of Muslim printing through responses to Europeanindus•trialization on the distant frontiers of empire. For more information, please contact Sumathi Ramaswamy ([email protected]).Sponsored by the Duke Center for South Asia Studies and the Duke Centerfor International Studies.

Sat Apr 6, 2013

Sun Apr 7, 2013

9am - 4pm Event: First Annual Kicks for Clefts Charity Soccer Tournament Where: Hooker Fields, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Come join the Furlow Fund at UNC School of Medicine for our firstannual charity soccer tournament! Proceeds will benefit the UNC FurlowFund, which supports the Palestinian Cleft Society in providing freesurgical and medical care for Palestinian children with cleftdeformities. Though registration for the tournament is closed, all areinvited to come and watch. There will be drinks, snacks, and t-shirtsfor sale. For more information, visit the Facebook event page or email [email protected]. Sponsored by the UNC Furlow Fund and UNCStudents for Justice in Palestine.

5:30pm - 7:30pm Event: Iraqi Cultural Evening Where: Franklin Center 240, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Come experience some highlights of Iraqi culture, including food andmusic! For more information, please contact Olga Richmond([email protected]). Sponsored by Duke Asian & Middle Eastern Studies.

Mon Apr 8, 2013

6pm - 7:30pm Lecture: Prof. Mohd. Asaduddin: “Translating Fiction into Film: Tagore,Premchand, and Satyajit Ray” Where: Room 1009, FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Dr. Mohd. Asaduddin is chair of the Department of English at JamiaMillia Islamia. He is the author of numerous books and articles in thetheory and practice of translation in twentieth century fiction(English & Indian), postcolonial literature and theory, and Premchandstudies. He teaches courses on twentieth century fiction, South Asian literature(s) in translation, postcolonial literature and partitionliterature. His books include Filming Fiction: Tagore, Premchand andRay (with Anuradha Ghosh), Oxford University Press, 2012, and a numberof edited collections of translations of short stories into Englishfrom Urdu and other South Asian languages. He is the recipient ofawards including the Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of LettersLetters) Award for Translation, 2004, the Dr. A.K. Ramanujan Award, 1993, and the KATHA Translation Award, 1991 and 1992. He was aFulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Rutgers University for the academicyear 2008-2009. For more information, please contact Afroz Taj([email protected]). Sponsored by the South Asia Section of theDepartment of Asian Studies, the Hindi-Urdu Fund, the South AsiaStudies Working Group, the Center for Global Initiatives, the CarolinaAsia Center, and the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle Eastand Muslim Civilizations.

7pm - 8pm Film and Discussion: "Habibi" with director by Susan Youssef Where: the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: In this selection from the Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival,young lovers Qays and Layla struggle to be together in conservativeKhan Yunis, Gaza. In rebellion, Qays paints verses from the classicalSufi poemMajnun Layla all over town, an act that angers Layla’s fatherand the local self-appointed moral police. Habibi is the first featurefilm by writer, director, and producer Susan Youssef. She was named the25th of '100 Most Powerful Arab Women' list by Arabian Business and hasbeen named one of “25 New Faces” to watch for by Filmmaker Magazine.Her five shorts have screened at venues such as Sundance Film Festivaland the Museum of Modern Art (NY), and have been acquired fordistribution by Video Data Bank, Third World Newsreel, and CanadianFilmmakers Distribution Centre. Q&A following the film with director Susan Youssef. Part of the Love and Justice 2013 Kenan Institute forEthics Film Series. Free admission, parking passes, and snacks! Formore information, see dukeethics.org or contact Katherine Scott([email protected]). Sponsored by the Kenan Institute forEthics, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Center for International Studies,Women’s Studies, Screen/Society at Arts of the Moving Image, and theCenter for Documentary Studies. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Tue Apr 9, 2013

7pm - 8pm Film: Cairo 678 Where: Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Three Cairo women from different backgrounds join together in uneasysolidarity to combat sexual harassment in their lives. Introduction anddiscussion will be led by UNC Prof. Sahar Amer. This event is free andopen to the public. Part of “Cinema of the Global Middle East FilmSeries” and “ReOrienting the Veil Film Series.” For more information, please contact Regina Higgins ([email protected]). Co-presented bythe Global Film Initiative Sponsors: North Carolina Public Radio WUNCis the Official Media Sponsor of the Ackland Film Forum. Middle EastFilm Series sponsored by Art\Islam, Carolina Center for the Study ofthe Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, Duke-UNC Consortium forMiddle East Studies, and UNC Media Resource Center.

Wed Apr 10, 2013

5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion: Prof. Erdağ Göknar: “Orhan Pamuk, Secularism, andBlasphemy: The Politics of the Turkish Novel” Where: 326 Allen, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Erdağ Göknar, Assistant Professor of Turkish Studies, will discuss hisnewly released book. Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy is the firstcritical study of all of Pamuk’s novels, including the earlyuntranslated work. In 2005 Orhan Pamuk was charged with "insultingTurkishness" under Article 301 of the Turkish penal code. Eighteenmonths later he was awarded the Nobel Prize. After decades of criticismfor wielding a depoliticized pen, Pamuk was cast as a dissident throughhis trial, an event that underscored his transformation from nationalliterateur to global author. By contextualizing Pamuk’s fiction intothe Turkish tradition and by defining the literary and politicalintersections of his work, Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemyrereads Pamuk's dissidence as a factor of the form of his novels. Formore information, please contact David Baxter ([email protected]).Sponsored by Duke Slavic and Eurasian Studies. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Sat Apr 13, 2013

3pm - 4pm Seminar: “The Veil” Where: Southwest Regional Library, 3605 Shannon Road Durham, North Carolina Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Why do many Muslim women cover their hair? Join us to learn about thetraditions and practices of veiling in the Middle East and around theworld. We’ll share information, online resources and some actual veilsto try on. This program is part of the Muslim Journeys series which isa series of programs and a collection of 25 books selected to help public audiences in the United States become more familiar with thepeople, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims around the worldand within the U.S. This project was funded by National Endowment forthe Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association. For moreinformation, please contact the Southwest Regional Library at919-560-8590. Presented by the Durham Library Foundation, CarolinaCenter for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, and Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies.

Sun Apr 14, 2013

10am - 6pm Event: Fifth Annual Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Festival: Celebrating thePalestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish Where: Page Walker Arts & History Center 119 Ambassador Loop Cary, NC Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Nâzım Hikmet Ran was a Turkish poet, playwright, and novelist. He wasrecognized as the first and foremost modern Turkish poet, and regardedthroughout the world as one of the greatest poets of the twentiethcentury for the "lyrical flow of his statements.” He received the WorldPeace Prize (the USSR's equivalent of the Nobel) in 1950. His poetry reflects his undiminishing hope for social justice, his love of life,and longing for his homeland. The idea of a festival as a tribute tothis preeminent poet emerged among friends in the NC Turkish communitywho appreciated his work and ideals of his life. Poetry Workshop withAlice Osborn from 10:00am – 12:30pm. To register, contact [email protected]. The main program will begin at1:00pm, including Speaker/Poet Fady Joudah and Poet Kathryn StriplingByer. This event is free and open to the public. For more information,please visit the event website . Presented by the American TurkishAssociation, the Turkish Cultural Foundation, the Town of Cary, andSister Cities International.

2pm - 5pm Seminar: “The Quest for a Just Peace: US Military Aid and Human Rightsin Israel-Palestine” Where: FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The Abrahamic Initiative on the Middle East (AIME) and UNC Students forJustice in Palestine invite faith leaders, human rights activists, andconcerned individuals to a public seminar. We will have an interactivediscussion following the panel presentations as we plan next steps inour quest for a just peace. Speakers include:- Dr. Eric Meyers - Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Religion,Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Duke University- Yousef Munayyer- Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund and thePalestine Center, former policy analyst for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee- Josh Ruebner - National Advocacy Director for the U.S. Campaign toEnd the Israeli Occupation- Rev. Ronald Shive - Pastor, First Presbyterian Church in Burlington,NC and Moderator of the Middle East Study Report (2010) for PCUSAModerator: Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Pastor of the Church ofReconciliation in Chapel Hill, NC This event is free and open to thepublic. For more information, please email [email protected].Sponsored by UNC Students for Justice in Palestine and the AbrahamicInitiative on the Middle East (AIME).

Mon Apr 15, 2013

4:30pm - 6pm Lecture: Recep Sentürk, "Open Civilizations and the Future of theMuslim World" Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Today, civilizations are more open to each other than ever before. Wenow live in highly diverse, multi- civilizational societies. The “Other”is no longer there but here. Islamic civilization has becomeintertwined with other civilizations. Is this a new phenomenon? Whereis it leading? Recep Sentürk is a Professor of Sociology at FatihUniversity in Istanbul, where he has worked since 2006. Prof. Sentürkpreviously taught at the Art Institute of Pittsburg, Rensellar Polytechnic Institute, and Emory University Law School. He haspublished in English, Turkish, and Arabic, including numerous journalarticles and Narrative Social Structure: Anatomy of the HadithTransmission Network, 610-1505 (2005). Sentürk earned his BA fromMarmara University, MA from Istanbul University, and PhD at ColumbiaUniversity. For more information, please visit here or contact KellySchwehm ([email protected]). Sponsored by the Duke University Middle East Studies Center, the Asian & Middle East Studies Department,Duke Islamic Studies Center, the Center for Muslim Life, and theTurkish Students Association. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Tue Apr 16, 2013

4:30pm - 6pm Panel Discussion: “Youth Councils in Morocco: Giving Youth a Real Voicein Development” Where: Sanford 04, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join staff from Duke and RTI International to share ideas, hear newperspectives on international development and connect classroomlearning with real-world problems and applications. Harry Birnholz,Chief of Party, Morocco Local Governance Program, RTI will give apresentation followed by a panel discussion with Robert Korstad,Professor of Public Policy and History at Duke, and Andrew Baird,Program Director, Workforce & Economic Opportunity, RTI. AaronWilliams, Executive Vice President, International Development Group,RTI will moderate A reception will follow the program from 6:00- 7:00pm.For more information, please contact Linda Scovill ([email protected]).Sponsored by RTI International, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Center forLatin American and Caribbean Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Center,Duke University Center for International Studies and Duke Center forInternational Development.

5:30pm - 6:30pm Lecture: Prof. Zvi Ben-Dor Presents: “Arab Jews: Present, Past, andPolemics” Where: Toy Lounge, Dey Hall, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Zvi Ben-Dor, professor of history at New York University, will reflecton the relationship between the “Jewish Question” in Europe and MiddleEastern and Arab Jews and their histories. Benite’s presentationdiscusses material recently published in his coedited volume, ModernMiddle Eastern Jewish Thought: Writings on Identity, Politics, andCulture, 1893-1958 (2013). For more information, please contact YaronShemer ([email protected]). Sponsored by the UNC Center forJapanese Studies, the Department of Asian Studies, the Carolina AsiaCenter, and the Center for Jewish Studies, and the Carolina Center forthe Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations.

Wed Apr 17, 2013

12pm - 1pm Seminar: Zvi Ben-Dor Benite Where: 240 John Hope Franklin Center Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Zvi Ben-Dor, professor of history at New York University, will reflecton the relationship between the “Jewish Question” in Europe and MiddleEastern and Arab Jews and their histories. Benite’s presentationdiscusses material recently published in his coedited volume, ModernMiddle Eastern Jewish Thought: Writings on Identity, Politics, andCulture, 1893-1958 (2013). Please RSVP to [email protected] if you’re ableto attend: Lunchtime Seminars, Wednesday, April 17, noon, with ZVIBEN-DOR BENITE, New York University: Arab Jews

4pm - 5pm Lecture: Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, “The Other Manchukuo: Chinese Islambetween Nationalism and Imperialism” Where: Room 4003, FedEx Global Education Center UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: For more information, please contact Cemil Aydin([email protected]). Zvi Ben-Dor Benite teaches in the department ofMiddle Eastern and Islamic Studies and the department of History at NewYork University. He previously studied in Jerusalem, Jinan, and the LosAngeles. His publications include The Dao of Muhammad: A CulturalHistory of Muslims in Late Imperial China, and The Ten Lost Tribes: AWorld History. He is currently working on a book entitled CrescentChina: Islam and the Nation after Empire. Sponsored by the UNC Centerfor Japanese Studies, the Department of Asian Studies, the CarolinaAsia Center, the Center for Jewish Studies, and the Carolina Center forthe Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations.

6pm - 8pm Event: Arabic Night Where: White Hall 107, Duke Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Please join us for Arabic night at Duke! Come meet Arabic languageprogram students and faculty. Students will provide entertainment withArabic plays, poetry readings, music, Middle Eastern Dance, oralproficiency activities, and more. Refreshments will be provided. Thisevent is free and open to the public. For more information, pleasecontact Kelly Jarrett ([email protected]). Sponsored by Duke Asian & MiddleEastern Studies. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Thu Apr 18, 2013

3pm - 5pm Conference: Third Annual National Security Fellows Conference:“Afghanistan and Beyond” Where: FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The UNC-TISS National Security Fellows Program will host its annualsymposium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on April18, 2013. This event is free and open to the public. The symposium willconsist of two parts: 1. Presentation of U.S. Army War College Fellows’Final Research Project 3:00 – 5:00pm, Room 4003, FedEx Global EducationCenter, UNC-CH 2. “Afghanistan and Beyond”—a Panel Discussion 7:00 –9:00pm, Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center,UNC-CH For a full list of research projects and panelist biographies,please visit the event website. Due to the nature of this event,planners will not reserve a parking lot for event attendees. Guestsattending Part 1 of the event are encouraged to arrive early to park inpublic parking lots located in downtown Chapel Hill. Audience members planning to attend only the larger panel discussion (Part 2) should beable to find parking in other lots on the UNC campus, most of which areopen to the public after 5:00 pm. For additional information theconference please contact Jennifer Boyle ([email protected]) or(919) 613-9301 or visit the TISS website. Sponsored by the DukeAmerican Grand Strategy Program and the Triangle Institute for SecurityStudies.

6:30pm - 7:30pm Lecture: Mashal Saif, “Pakistan’s Shi’a Scholars and the Specter ofViolence” Where: Room 1005, FedEx Global Education Center UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Pakistani Shi’as are massacred daily due to their sectarianaffiliations. Based on several years of fieldwork in Pakistan, MashalSaif asserts that Pakistan's traditional Shi’a scholars are shaped bythis experience and therefore haunted by the specter of this violence.Given its centrality to the scholars’ experience, this talk examinesviolence as an analytical pivot to examine questions about authority,authenticity, the works and lives of Shi’a scholars and their conceptions of their current political realities and the politicaltheologies they advocate. Mashal Saif is a PhD candidate in theGraduate Program of Religion. She is currently working on herdissertation which examines how traditional Muslim scholars contesttradition and authority in post 9/11 Pakistan. Her research interestsinclude Islam in contemporary South Asia, the trans-temporal dynamicsbetween medieval and modern Islamic discourses and shifts in legalreligions imaginaries. Refreshments will be served. For moreinformation, visit the Facebook event page contact Rose Aslan([email protected]. edu). Part of the Islam in the Global ContextSpeaker Series. Sponsored by the Carolina Seminar on ComparativeIslamic Studies.

7pm - 9pm Film and Discussion: Faith, Fear & Freedom: Muslims in NC Where: The Garage, Bay 4 Smith Warehouse, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Members of the public are invited to come watch a free screening ofWRAL's documentary Faith, Fear and Freedom, followed by a paneldiscussion on North Carolina’s growing Muslim population. ProfessorCarl Ernst, one of the panelists, will be available before and afterthe screening to sign copies of his latest book Islamophobia in America(2013), and How to Read the Qur’an: A New Guide with SelectTranslations (2011). Panelists include:- Abdullah Antepli, Duke Muslim Chaplain- Amna Baloch, Community Member- Carl Ernst, Professor of Islamic Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill- David Schanzer, Associate Professor of the Practice for PublicPolicy, Duke University; Director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security- Moderated by David Crabtree, WRAL-TV Anchor. Free parking will beavailable in the Smith Lot, adjacent to Maxwell St. For moreinformation, contact Julie Poucher Harbin at (919) [email protected]. The event is sponsored by the Duke IslamicStudies Center, the Durham County Library, and WRAL-TV, and madepossible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.Co-sponsors include the British Council’s Our Shared Future project, Duke Center for Muslim Life, Carolina Center for the Study of theMiddle East and Muslim Civilizations, DeWitt Wallace Center for MEDIA &DEMOCRACY, Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, FranklinHumanities Institute, Sanford School of Public Policy, and TriangleCenter on Terrorism and Homeland Security.

Sun Apr 21, 2013

6pm - 7pm Event: Uprooted/Rerouted: Narratives of Iraqi and Bhutanese Refugees Where: Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: The twelve students currently enrolled in KIE’s DukeImmerse program“Uprooted/Rerouted” will perform dramatic readings of refugee lifestories collected during their recent field work in Egypt and Nepal.This is the second year of the program and of the presentations (lastyear’s readings can be seen on the KIE YouTube channel). The students spent a month working either with Iraqi refugees in Cairo or Bhutaneserefugees in Nepal. Sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Mon Apr 22, 2013

7:30pm - 8:30pm Lecture: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Beginnings of BiblicalInterpretation Where: William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: [email protected] Description: JAMES KUGEL, director of the Institute for the History of the JewishBible at Bar Ilan University, will discuss how the Dead Sea scrollsprovide us with evidence of an important moment of transition in thedevelopment of texts that were to become the Hebrew Bible. This lectureis made possible by a grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation inhonor of Eli N. Evans, ’58.

Tue Apr 23, 2013

5pm - 6pm Lecture: Arabic Majors Distinguished Lecture featuring Bruce Lawrence,Duke Professor Emeritus Where: Freeman Center, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Featuring Bruce Lawrence, Professor Emeritus of Religion at DukeUniversity Bruce Lawrence earned his PhD. from Yale University in theHistory of Religions: Islam and Hinduism. His research ranges frominstitutional Islam to Indo- Persian Sufism and also encompasses thecomparative study of religious movements. He served as the Nancy andJeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of the Humanities at DukeUniversity and is currently Professor Emeritus of Religion. He was founding director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center and currentlyserves on the DISC Advisory Board. His recent books have included OnViolence - A Reader (with Aisha Karim); Messages to the World, TheStatements of Osama Bin Laden; The Quran, A Biography; and, with hisspouse, dr. miriam cooke, Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop.Reception begins at 4: 30PM. Sponsored by the Duke Islamic StudiesCenter and Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

5pm - 6:30pm Lecture: Prof. Bruce Lawrence: “Arabic - the Gateway to a LifelongDiscovery of Myriad Languages” Where: Freeman Center, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Please join us for our second annual Arabic Majors DistinguishedLecture featuring Bruce Lawrence, Duke Professor Emeritus on April23rd. Prof. Lawrence’s research ranges from institutional Islam toIndo-Persian Sufism and also encompasses the comparative study ofreligious movements. He served as the Nancy and Jeffrey MarcusProfessor of the Humanities at Duke University and is currentlyProfessor Emeritus of Religion. He was founding director of the DukeIslamic Studies Center and currently serves on the DISC Advisory Board.Dr. Lawrence will be joined by discussant Jonathan Cross, ManagingDirector at the Quincy Group, a Washington-based strategic advisoryfirm that focuses on Saudi Arabia. He graduated from Duke in 2010 witha B.A. in Religion and Arabic and a certificate in Islamic Studies. Areception will take place before the event at 4:30pm. For moreinformation, please contact Keri Majikes ([email protected]).Sponsored by the Duke Islamic Studies Center and Asian & Middle EasternStudies.

7pm - 8pm Forum: Human Rights: America and Islam, Understanding Shari'a Where: Umstead Park United Church of Christ 8208 Brownleigh Drive Raleigh, NC27617 Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Join us for the third in a series of panels on the Muslim Americanhuman rights experience hosted by Amnesty International Raleigh. Thethird panel will focus on Shari'a. Confirmed speakers include Dr.Farrukh Hakeem, professor of criminal justice at Shaw University andChristopher Brooks, legal director of the ACLU. For more information,please contact Anjabeen Ashraf ([email protected]). Sponsored by AmnestyInternational Raleigh.

Thu Apr 25, 2013

4:15pm - 6pm Event: Jews & Muslims in Canada: Minorities, Diasporas, and the Meaningof “Canadian” Where: West Duke Building Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Speaker(s): Anna Korteweg & Morton Weinfeld Category:- CES- Kenan Institute for Ethics Please join us in Room 101 of the WestDuke Building on East campus! Post-WWII Jewish integration in Canada isoften presented as a success story of Canadian multiculturalism. Incontrast, Canadian responses to Muslim traditionalism and perceived militancy have made integration difficult, and Muslim immigrants’diverse origins remain a challenge to building communal solidarity.Could any lessons be drawn from Jewish integration for the future ofCanadian Muslims? Speakers Anna Korteweg, University of Toronto |Muslims in Canada? Representations in Media, Policy, and Law MortonWeinfeld, McGill University | Jewish integration in Canada: Identity,Loyalty, and Challenges of Multiculturalism This event is free and opento the public. A brief reception will follow. This event is cosponsoredby the Center for European Studies and the Kenan Institute for Ethics,with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and theCenter for Canadian Studies Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

5pm - 6pm Film and Discussion: George Azar, "Gaza Fixer" and "Gaza Free Running" Where: 219 New West at UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: ; Join photographer/filmmaker George Azar for a public screening anddiscussion of his two short films Gaza Fixer and Gaza Free Running.George Azar has covered the Middle East for the past 32 years fromBeirut, Jerusalem and Gaza. His other films include the award-winningDonor Opium (2011) and Beirut Photographer (2012), all with Mariam Shahin; and the award-winning Two Schools in Nablus (2008) with TomEvans and numerous other documentaries. As a photojournalist, Azar'swork has appeared on the front pages of The New York Times,International Herald Tribune, Economist, Newsweek, The PhiladelphiaInquirer and other leading newspapers and periodicals. He is the authorof the books Palestine, A Photographic Journey (University ofCalifornia Press, 1991) and Palestine, A Guide, also with Mariam Shahin (Interlink Books, 2006). This event is free and open to the public. Formore information, please contact Nadia Yaqub ([email protected]).Sponsored by the UNC Honors Program, the UNC First Year SeminarProgram, the Department of Asian Studies, and Students for Justice inPalestine.

5:30pm - 6:30pm Lecture: Ambassador Anthony CE Quainton, “Why Do They Hate Us?Terrorism, Counter- terrorism, and Reflections on the Challenges forAmerican Public Diplomacy.” Respondent: Professor Theodore Leinbaugh Where: The Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Hyde Hall176 E FranklinStreet Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Who: [email protected] Description: Ambassador Quainton has served as a Foreign Service Officer in Sydney,Karachi, Rawalpindi, and New Delhi. At the United States Department ofState in Washington, D.C. he was named senior political officer forIndia in the Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs. AmbassadorQuainton was subsequently named as Deputy Chief of Mission inKathmandu. Quainton has served as the United States Ambassador to theCentral African Empire, Ambassador to Nicaragua, Ambassador to Kuwait,and as Ambassador to Peru. He also held the post of Director of theState Department's Office for Combating Terrorism and, in addition,Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security. President BillClinton named him Director General of the Foreign Service in 1997.Since 2003, Anthony Quainton has been the DistinguishedDiplomat-in- Residence at the School of International Service atAmerican University. Sponsored by Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense

Fri Apr 26, 2013

8:45am - 4pm Conference: National Minorities in Europe: InterdisciplinaryPerspectives from Law, History, and Social Science Where: 101 West Duke Building, East Campus, Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the Kenan Institutefor Ethics, Duke University. Papers include: Daniel Cohen, RiceUniversity, Minority Rights in the ‘Human Rights Revolution’ ElazarBarkan, Columbia University, No Return, No Refuge Patrick Macklem,Toronto Law School, Guarding the Perimeter: Militant Democracy and Religious Freedom in Europe Liav Orgad, IDC Law School, IlliberalLiberalism: Cultural Restrictions on Migration and Access toCitizenship in Europe Jennifer Jackson-Preece, London School ofEconomics, Deconstruction Discourses of Minority/Migrant Rights inEurope Maria Stoilkova, University of Florida, Populism and Immigrationin Contemporary Bulgaria

Tue Apr 30, 2013

6pm - 7pm Lecture: Dr. Gonzalo Fernandez Parilla: “Constructing MoroccanLiterature: Beyond Borders and Languages” Where: Room 4003 FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Dr. Gonzalo Fernandez Parrilla, professor of Arabic from theUniversity of Madrid, will speak on “Constructing Moroccan Literature:Beyond Borders and Languages.” He is an expert translator, an authorityon modern Moroccan literature, and the author of La literatura marroquícontemporánea, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha 2006. He is the editor or coeditor of numerous volumes including Du pareil au même: l’auteurface à son traducteur (Université Saint Joseph (Lebanon), 2002),Autobiografía y literatura árabe (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha,2002), Remembering for Tomorrow/Se rapeller demain (European CulturalFoundation, 2000), Orientalismo, exotismo y traducción (Universidad deCastilla-La Mancha , 2000), El Magreb y Europa. Literatura y traducción(Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 1999), Pensamiento y circulación delas ideas en el Mediterráneo (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 1997).In 2012, he served on the selection committee for the InternationalPrize for Arabic Fiction (the Arabic Booker Prize). For moreinformation, please contact Nadia Yaqub ([email protected]).Sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies and the Carolina Centerfor the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations. Events at Duke, Events at UNC, Events in the Triangle

Sat May 4, 2013

11am - 9pm Event: North Carolina Persian Festival Where: Kerr Scott Building, State Fairgrounds 1025 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh NC Calendar: Events in the Triangle Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Come join us in celebration of Persian culture and cuisine! Thefestival will feature Persian dances performances, live music, art,food, cultural exhibits and displays, handicrafts, silent auction andvendor exhibits for the entire family to enjoy. Do not forget to visitour children's activity center! For more information, visit the eventwebsite or call Sherry Afshinpour at 919-616-6166. Sponsored by IranianCulture Society of NC

Mon May 6, 2013

6:30pm - 8:30pm Event: Think Fast Forum: The Boston Marathon Bombing Where: George Watts Hill Alumni Center Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Free and open to the public The Boston Marathon bombing and itsaftermath — the week that started with deadly explosions and ended witha manhunt — have left us with unanswered questions about home-grownterrorism, religious extremism, the pressures of the 24-hour news cycleand political struggles as far away as Chechnya. In the wake of theseevents, we wonder how normal young men become “radicalized,” howjournalists can hold to their professional standards againstcompetition from social media, and how we can create community in atime of violence and extremism. The Forum will feature UNC experts inpublic policy, religious studies, history and journalism, addressingissues and questions surrounding the bombing. Faculty participatinginclude: • Peter Coclanis, moderator, Albert Ray Newsome DistinguishedProfessor of History; director of the Global Research Institute • JimHefner '72, professor of the practice, School of Journalism and MassCommunication • Louise McReynolds, professor of history • Omid Safi,professor of religious studies • David Schanzer, associate professor ofthe practice for public policy; director, Triangle Center of Terrorismand Homeland Security For more information, click here. Questions? Call(919) 962-3574 or email [email protected]. Sponsored by UNCCenter for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies

Fri May 24, 2013

All day Conference: The Southeast Asia Research Group Inaugural Meeting Fri May 24, 2013 - Sun May 26, 2013 Where: Duke University in Durham, NC Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: We are pleased to invite you to attend the inaugural meeting of TheSoutheast Asia Research Group (http: //seareg.org/) on May 24-25, 2013at Duke University in Durham, NC. This meeting will feature fivepresentations by an inaugural class of Young Southeast Asia Fellows(Marco Garrido, Kai Ostwald, Jan Pierskalla, Sarah Shair-Rosenfield,and Paul Schuler), junior scholars who have been selected by theconveners in recognition of their scholarly promise as Southeast Asianists. Each Fellow will have 20 minutes to present a working paperthat has been pre-circulated to all attendees. Presentations will befollowed by 60 minutes of comments and discussion. The meeting willalso include plenary session with a State of the Field Lecture by RickDoner, Professor of Political Science at Emory University. The fullmeeting schedule is available at:http://seareg.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013schedule.pdf. Therewill also be time for participants to discuss research opportunities,collaboration, and future directions of research in Southeast Asia. Weinvite you to join us in our inaugural meeting. All graduate students,professors, and practitioners are welcome! Attendees are responsiblefor their own travel, but a $75 registration fee will cover allactivities as well as lunch and dinner on Friday and breakfast, lunch,and dinner on Saturday. You can register for the meeting here:http://seareg.org/meetings/.

Sat May 25, 2013

Fri Jun 7, 2013

9am - 12pm Seminar: OCLC Research Briefing Where: Undergraduate Library, Lecture Room 205 Calendar: Events at UNC Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Session 1: Charles Kurzman (UNC Sociology) “Shifts in ScholarlyAttention Among World Regions” Session 2: Lynn Silipigni Connaway (OCLCSenior Research Scientist) “Why Google? ….[Google] saved time, it savedgas, I got what I needed, and it wasn’t a big deal.” More information,including free registration, here. Contact: Margaretta Yarborough [email protected] Sponsors: UNC Libraries, OCLC Research, Collective Insight

Sun Jun 9, 2013

5:30pm - 6:30pm Event: Persian Traditional Music Where: Goodson Chapel, 601 Chapel Dr. Duke University Calendar: Events at Duke Created by: Christopher Wallace Description: Free to public. Goodson Chapel is located behind and on the right sideof the main Duke Chapel. Behnam Zamanian on Tar (lute) Shahram Mazharion hammer dulcimer and drum Presented by the Persian Art Center inCarolina, co- sponsored by the Duke Persian Students Association Forfurther information call 919-259-0959